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Huge increase in transnational crime and synthetic drugs in SE Asia requires cross-border cooperation

·June 2, 2023·6 min read

A Thai Navy launch travels at high speed down the muddy brown waters of the Mekong River close to the border town of Chiang Saen in the north of Thailand. To the right is Laos, where huge construction projects funded by foreign investment are rising out of the lush undergrowth...

UN Water Conference: reducing cross-border tensions

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·March 25, 2023·3 min read

During the UN Water Conference, held at UN Headquarters between 22-24 March, Two countries joined the Convention, against the backdrop of a growing global water crisis, in which climate change, pollution, and rising demand are posing challenges for developing and developed countries alike. On Thursday Nigeria became the 48h country...

Security Council unanimously agrees to extend Syria cross-border aid lifeline

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·January 16, 2023·2 min read

Ambassadors unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the renewal of the cross-border mechanism, a day before it was set to expire. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has taken note of the development, his Spokesperson said in a statement, which described the humanitarian operation as an “indispensable lifeline” for some 4.1 million people...

Syria: Rights experts call for renewal of cross-border aid resolution

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·January 5, 2023·1 min read

They warned of the dire consequences of not renewing Resolution 2642, which is set to expire on 10 January. “If the cross-border resolution is not renewed, the already desperate humanitarian situation in northwest Syria will be further aggravated at a time when people in the country need the international community’s...

Syria: Security Council advised to extend cross-border aid access ‘without delay’

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·January 3, 2023·1 min read

The joint statement was issued by the heads of the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA), International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO), UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN refugee agency (UNHCR). If the Council fails to extend resolution 2642, “the...

Syria: Security Council extends cross-border aid delivery for six months |

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·July 12, 2022·4 min read

Ireland and Norway put forward the resolution, which renews humanitarian deliveries through the Bab-al Hawa border crossing through January and calls for an additional six-month extension which will require another separate resolution. Twelve countries voted in favour, while three nations – France, the United Kingdom and the United States –...

Syria: Guterres underlines ‘moral imperative’ to continue cross-border aid operation from Türkiye |

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·June 21, 2022·2 min read

Overall, more than 14 million people in Syria require assistance amid a dire situation in which infrastructure has crumbled and economic activity halved due to conflict, regional financial crises, sanctions, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The international community has helped avoid a total collapse in Syria. But the only way to...