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ลำดับตอนที่ #36 : Syria crisis: UN siege aid 'could start within 24 hours'
Syria crisis: UN siege aid 'could start within 24 hours'
The UN says it hopes to start delivering aid to some besieged areas in Syria within the next 24 hours.
The
move comes shortly after world powers agreed to push for a cessation of hostilities in a week's
time.
Some
Syrian cities have been cut off from humanitarian aid for more than a year
because of fighting in surrounding areas.
More
than 250,000 people have been killed and 13.5 million displaced in almost five years of fighting
in Syria.
A
new UN task force to co-ordinate the distribution of the aid is expected to convene in Geneva later.
"The
UN system has been geared to deliver this aid all along, especially to besieged
areas, and that's precisely what's going to be discussed today: how to start,
and when to start," UN spokesman Ahmad Fawzi said.
"We
hope to start as early as tomorrow, immediately after the meeting, decisions will
be taken to roll the aid in, especially to besieged areas that need it",
he added.
The
plan to deliver aid was part of a package of measures agreed by the 17-member
International Syria Support Group (ISSG) in Munich on Friday.
The
group also agreed to seek a nationwide "cessation of hostilities" in
Syria to begin in a week's time.
The
halt will not apply
to the battle against jihadist groups Islamic State (IS) and al-Nusra Front.
The
Syrian government has not yet responded, though a key rebel coalition welcomed the
announcement.
"If
we see action and implementation
on the ground, we will be soon in Geneva," Salim al-Muslat told reporters,
referring to UN efforts there to get peace talks between the Syrian government
and rebels off the ground.
The
announcement comes as the Syrian army, backed by Russian air strikes, advances
in Aleppo province.
The
move threatens to encircle tens of thousands of civilians in rebel-held parts
of the major city of Aleppo.
Major gaps remain: BBC Chief International Correspondent Lyse
Doucet
Both Sergei Lavrov and John Kerry admitted, repeatedly, this was
only progress on paper. Some diplomats
are already saying "it's not worth the paper it's printed on".
There are still major gaps. One of the biggest is that Russia's
bombing of Aleppo and what it calls terrorist targets is not included in the
possible truce even
though its actions are seen by many as strengthening Syrian government forces.
On the issue of delivering desperately needed aid to besieged
areas, UN officials say they are determined to seize this new opening.
The next week will confirm whether Syria's government and
opposition forces are ready to provide access denied for so long.
It will be a week which tests the commitment of all outside
players, as well as Syrians on all sides.
That, in itself, is some progress. But moving towards talks to
end Syria's devastating war will still take far more than that.
US
Secretary of State John Kerry admitted the ceasefire plan was
"ambitious" and said the real test would be whether the various
parties honoured the commitments.
"What we have here are words on paper, what we need to see
in the next few days are actions on the ground," he said.
What has been agreed?
To try to immediately step up aid deliveries to besieged and
hard-to-reach areas in Syria
For a US/Russia-led task force to work to achieve a
"cessation of hostilities" across Syria beginning in one week's time
"Cessation of hostilities" will exclude action against
so-called Islamic State group, jihadist group al-Nusra Front and other
UN-designated terrorist groups
To
work towards an eventual ceasefire and implementation of a UN-backed plan for political transition in Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there were
"reasons to hope we have done a great job today". An earlier proposal
from Russia envisaged
a truce starting on 1 March.
Syria conflict - key questions
Why is there a war in
Syria?Anti-government
protests developed into a civil war that, four years on, has ground to a stalemate, with the Assad
government, Islamic State, an array of Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters all holding
territory.
Who is fighting whom?
Government
forces concentrated in Damascus
and the centre and west of Syria are fighting the jihadists of Islamic State
and al-Nusra Front, as well as less numerous so-called "moderate" rebel groups, who are
strongest in the north and east. These groups are also battling each other.
How has the world reacted?
Iran,
Russia and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement are propping up the Alawite-led Assad government,
while Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar back the more moderate Sunni-dominated
opposition, along with the US, UK and France. Hezbollah and Iran are believed
to have troops and
officers on the ground, while a Western-led coalition and Russia are carrying
out air strikes.
VOCABULARY
Besieged (v.)
to surround a place, especially with an army, to preventpeople or supplies getting in or out
When someone is besieged, a lot of people surround them:
to make
many requests or complaints about something:
cessation (n.)
hostilities (n.)
displaced (v.)
to force something or someone out of its usual or originalposition:
distribution
(n.)
the process of giving things out to several people,
or spreading or supplying something
the way in which people or
things are spread out in a place:
convene (v.)
to bring together a group of people for a meeting, or to meetfor a meeting:
halt (v.)
to (cause to) stop moving or doing something or happening:
coalition (n.)
the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time, or a government that is formed in this way:
implementation
(n.)
the act of putting a plan into action or of starting to use something:
diplomats (n.)
an official whose job is to represent one country in another, and who usually works in an embassy:
a person who is skilled at dealing with difficultsituations in a way that does not offend people
truce (n.)
a short interruption in a war or argument, or an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time:
seize (v.)
to take something quickly and keep or
hold it
If the police or
other officials seize something, they take possession of it with legal authority
If a strong emotion or pain seizes
you, you feel it suddenly:
envisaged (v.)
to imagine or expect something in the future, especiallysomething good
to form a mental picture of something or someone you have never seen:
envision
(v.)
to imagine or expect that something is a likely or desirablepossibility in the future:
stalemate (n)
a situation in which neither group involved in an argumentcan win or get an advantage and no action can be taken
in chess, a position in which one player is unable to move, but their king is not being attacked, which means that neither of the two players wins
array (n.)
a large group of things or people, especially one that is attractive or causes admiration or has been positioned in a particular way
(v.)
to arrange a group of soldiers in a position for fighting
to arrange a group of things in a particular way:
numerous
(adj.) many:
prop (v.)
to support something physically, often by leaning it against something else or putting something under it:
troops
(plural noun)
soldiers on duty in a large group:
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