Source: United Nations (video statements)
Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, echoed concerns about instability and funding shortfalls. She said recent violence underscored the fragile situation. “Last week’s attack in Palmyra, and other suspected ISIL attacks in recent months, also illustrate the fragile situation in many areas,” she said, adding that such violence undermines prospects for development and investment.
Msuya warned that aid operations are being constrained by lack of resources. “With our humanitarian appeal for 2025 only 30 per cent funded, there are millions more people that we can’t help,” she said, noting reductions and disruptions in critical assistance.
Civil society voices also addressed the Council. Mariam Jalabi, co-founder of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement, appealed to Syrians at home and in the diaspora to continue pursuing justice and accountability. She called on Syrians to “celebrate the anniversary of our liberation” and to ensure that “the voice of the Syrian people be the source and compass of all authority.”