UNSC unanimously extends cross-border aid mechanism to Syria until July 10

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution extending the cross-border aid mechanism in Syria for six more months.

Today’s decision extends the July 12, 2022 resolution on the cross-border aid mechanism, which envisages the operation of only one aid corridor at Bab al-Hawa on the Syrian-Turkish border.

Under the resolution, the United Nations secretary general is to issue a special report on Syria’s humanitarian demands by June 10. 

Unlike the previous documents on the cross-border aid mechanism, today’s resolution doesn’t have a provision on the extension of the mechanism for six more months after the expiration of its current term.