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Note the long list of endorsers on page 3 of the report pdf. The list not only testifies to the broad support for the report, but is yet another handy response to those claiming not to know who to support in Syria, whether out of cynical indifference or apathetic ignorance. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bissan Fakih - The Syria Campaign <i...@thesyriacampaign.org> Date: Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:02 AM Subject: The UN is taking sides To: Andrew Pollack <acpolla...@gmail.com> *“It is a profoundly flawed and one-sided operation.” - Former UN official in Damascus* Dear Andrew, Billions of dollars of the world’s aid has been entrusted to the UN in Syria. It is meant to go first to the most vulnerable, those at risk of starvation. But that aid isn’t reaching them. Today we launch an extensive report - Taking Sides: The United Nations’ loss of impartiality, independence and neutrality in Syria [1] - which shows a key part of the reason why. From the beginning of the uprising in 2011, the Syrian government threatened the UN, saying that if aid was delivered to its opponents, UN staff would have their visas revoked and they’d be kicked out of the country. The regime learned that a divided UN with no red lines could be manipulated to its advantage. That is why hundreds have starved to death only a few minutes' drive from UN warehouses full of aid. This urgently needs to change. *Join Syria’s largest humanitarian and human rights groups and sign the petition demanding the UN set clear conditions for its cooperation with the Syrian government <https://act.thesyriacampaign.org/sign/stop-taking-sides/?t=1&akid=318.175697.TNZWYK>.* There are some brilliant people in the UN, some of them have contributed to today’s investigation. They all agree that a stronger and more united UN would help get aid to hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of civilians. Our pressure will strengthen their hand. Thank you, Bissan [1] http://takingsides.thesyriacampaign.org/ <http://act.thesyriacampaign.org/go/292?t=2&akid=318.175697.TNZWYK> ------------------------------ *The Syria Campaign <https://thesyriacampaign.org/?akid=318.175697.TNZWYK> is building an open, global movement working for a peaceful future for Syria.* We are people from all over the world who are coming together to tackle what the UN has described as “the greatest humanitarian tragedy of our time". Follow us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/TheSyriaCampaign> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/thesyriacmpgn>. Syria needs all the support we can give it, but if you no longer want to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe here <http://act.thesyriacampaign.org/cms/unsubscribe/unsubscribe/?akid=318.175697.TNZWYK> . _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
