UNITED NATIONS: About 40 trucks are loaded and ready to ferry relief supplies to Syria's bomb-and-siege shattered Eastern Ghouta, however there was no let up in combating regardless of a UN ceasefire resolution, a most sensible UN authentic said Wednesday.
Mark Lowcock, the UN underneath secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said there was no alternate within the scenario around the rebel-held enclave within the Damascus suburbs regardless of a ceasefire resolution Saturday.
"When will your resolution be implemented?" he asked, staring fixedly at participants of the UN Security Council, who listened in whole silence.
Lowcock said trucks loaded with supplies had been poised to visit 10 besieged areas including Douma, the main the town within the enclave, since Saturday.
But he said there was no access for humanitarian convoys, nor authorization by means of the regime to enter the besieged areas, nor clinical evacuations since the Security Council resolution was once passed, he said.
On the opposite, the bombings have persevered, and deaths and wounded have fixed, he said, speaking at a per month Security Council meeting dedicated to the Syrian warfare.
The US representative Kelley Currie accused the Syrian regime of violating the ceasefire, whilst Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused the rebels.
Carl Skau, the deputy Swedish ambassador to the United Nations, demanded "immediate access" for the humanitarian aid. "There is no time to lose," he said.
Before the meeting started, French ambassador Francois Delattre recalled that the rebels in Ghouta had said Tuesday they had been ready to watch a ceasefire, however the Syrian regime has given no signal it is able to do the similar.
"It is the collective credibility of the Security Council and the responsibility of each of its members that today is heavily at stake in the Syrian drama," he said.
Jeffrey Feltman, UN underneath secretary-general for affairs of state, expressed frustration over the council's state of no activity.
"What we need is implementation of (resolution) 2401 and that is not happening," he said.
After a night of intense fightng on the outer edge of Eastern Ghouta, Syrian aviation early Wednesday bombed a number of localities within the insurgent enclave, the place an estimated 600 civilians have died since February 18, about a quarter of them youngsters, in step with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Mark Lowcock, the UN underneath secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said there was no alternate within the scenario around the rebel-held enclave within the Damascus suburbs regardless of a ceasefire resolution Saturday.
"When will your resolution be implemented?" he asked, staring fixedly at participants of the UN Security Council, who listened in whole silence.
Lowcock said trucks loaded with supplies had been poised to visit 10 besieged areas including Douma, the main the town within the enclave, since Saturday.
But he said there was no access for humanitarian convoys, nor authorization by means of the regime to enter the besieged areas, nor clinical evacuations since the Security Council resolution was once passed, he said.
On the opposite, the bombings have persevered, and deaths and wounded have fixed, he said, speaking at a per month Security Council meeting dedicated to the Syrian warfare.
The US representative Kelley Currie accused the Syrian regime of violating the ceasefire, whilst Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused the rebels.
Carl Skau, the deputy Swedish ambassador to the United Nations, demanded "immediate access" for the humanitarian aid. "There is no time to lose," he said.
Before the meeting started, French ambassador Francois Delattre recalled that the rebels in Ghouta had said Tuesday they had been ready to watch a ceasefire, however the Syrian regime has given no signal it is able to do the similar.
"It is the collective credibility of the Security Council and the responsibility of each of its members that today is heavily at stake in the Syrian drama," he said.
Jeffrey Feltman, UN underneath secretary-general for affairs of state, expressed frustration over the council's state of no activity.
"What we need is implementation of (resolution) 2401 and that is not happening," he said.
After a night of intense fightng on the outer edge of Eastern Ghouta, Syrian aviation early Wednesday bombed a number of localities within the insurgent enclave, the place an estimated 600 civilians have died since February 18, about a quarter of them youngsters, in step with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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