By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News. Thursday, 6 February 2014
Russia opposed on Wednesday a new U.N. Security Council resolution on
the humanitarian plight in Syria as Western and Arab nations prepared to
push for a better access to aid in the war-torn country.
A Syrian refugee living in Jordan waits to
receive humanitarian supplies, funded by the Swiss agency for
Development and Cooperation, in Amman February 5, 2014. (Reuters)
“We are against moving to a resolution now in the Security Council,”
Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters at Russia’s U.N.
Mission.
Churkin added: “We believe that it’s a wrong move. It’s not a good time
to have any resolution discussed in the Security Council.”
About 9.3 million Syrians need help, according to the United Nations.
U.N. aid chief Valerie Amos has also repeatedly expressed frustration
that violence and red tape have slowed the delivery of humanitarian
assistance to a trickle.
For almost a year, Western members of the 15-member Security Council
have been considering a resolution on aid. After months of talks, the
council eventually made a non-binding statement on Oct. 2 urging more
access to aid.
But the statement produced only a little administrative progress, such as visas for aid workers and clearance for convoys.
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