Send and SOS for Syria!

Dear Minister,

I know you share my horror at what is happening in Syria today. This conflict has resulted in the worst humanitarian crisis in a generation. Over 500,000 people have been killed. A further 5.5 million have fled and 6.1 million are displaced internally within Syria.

The further escalation of military intervention in response to the recent use of chemical weapons, which killed dozens of civilians, will lead to more suffering for those trapped in the conflict.

Every aspect of International Humanitarian Law is being breached in this conflict. This law states that civilians should not be deliberately targeted during conflict. Hospitals, schools, houses and even funerals have been hit by airstrikes. For the civilian population trapped in Syria nowhere is safe.

I welcome Ireland's diplomatic efforts to date in response to this crisis; 

Ireland has; welcomed the calls for the immediate and full ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian access demanded by the UN Security Council, consistently supported EU sanctions targeting the Syrian regime and its supporters, since 2012 contributed over €90 million to the humanitarian effort in response to the conflict, supports a broad range of efforts to ensure full legal accountability for all war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Syria.

But, 7 years into this horrific war, these responses are no longer enough.

When you represent Ireland at the Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria, on 24^th & 25^th April in Brussels, on my behalf please:

1. Continue in the strongest terms possible, to press EU and UN member states to pursue a full diplomatic resolution to the Syrian conflict.


2. Increase humanitarian assistance to displaced Syrians who require better solutions after 7 years of war.

Ireland has acted, but we must now redouble our efforts to seek a peaceful resolution to this conflict on behalf of all innocent Syrians.

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Yours sincerely

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