The UN has marked the anniversary of the war in Syria with a minute of silence
The staff of the headquarters of the world organization in new York gathered at noon at the sculpture of the knotted gun site in front of the General Assembly.
UN, March 16. /Offset. TASS Oleg Zelenin/. UN staff around the world have commemorated the sixth anniversary of the conflict in Syria, after a minute of silence in solidarity with all who are touched by a bloody confrontation in the middle Eastern country.
The staff of the headquarters of the world organization in new York, despite the freezing temperatures, gathered at noon at the famous sculptures knotted knot gun in front of the General Assembly. Many of the staff of the world organization were holding photos of Syrian children.
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To him in absentia joined colleagues around the world who held a symbolic minute of silence.
As explained to journalists the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dyuzharrik, so they expressed their solidarity “with those who suffered from the conflict and sent a signal to States and to world leaders about the need to end the bloodbath that engulfed Syria for the last six years.”
UN Secretary-General, antónio Guterres, who on Wednesday was to deliver a petition calling for an end to the conflict in Syria, the shares in front of the UN General Assembly and has not appeared. According to his official representative, the day the administrative head of the world organization proved to be very busy.
However Guterres on Wednesday issued a written statement in which he called the war in Syria “one of the worst conflicts of our time.” He called for the observance of the cease-fire and to the successful conclusion of negotiations between Damascus and the opposition, go to Geneva. As stated by the UN Secretary-General to achieve peace in Syria is “a moral and political obligation not only of the Syrian people, but of the whole world”.
The conflict between the Syrian authorities and armed groups continues in March 2011. The number of victims of the confrontation between the government and the opposition is not known.
Deputy Secretary General for humanitarian Affairs Stephen O’brien on Wednesday delivered a video message in which he recalled the misery of 11 million people in Syria displaced from their homes due to violent conflict. According to him, even if the international community will be able to reconcile Damascus and the opposition, the Syrians for a long time be in need of humanitarian assistance. Statement on the anniversary of the published leaders and other UN agencies, including the world health organization (who) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).