New York-Sana
The permanent representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations in New York, Ambassador Dr. Bashar al-Jaafari, called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, to intervene immediately and to use his good efforts to stop the crime of the Turkish regime by cutting off drinking water for about a million Syrian citizens in Hasaka and its suburbs, this came during a phone call made by al-Jaafari With the Secretary-General of the International Organization today, to present him with a picture of the tragic situation in the city of Hasaka and its environs, as a result of cutting off drinking water from it, stressing that the Turkish aggressive behavior to cut off drinking water to Hasaka constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity.
Ambassador Al-Jaafari pointed out that the Turkish occupation forces used water as a weapon against civilians and deprived more than a million civilians from the city of Hasakah and its environs of drinking water by deliberately and repeatedly for more than 15 times and for many days cutting off drinking water for them from the Alouk station and the wells feeding it. As a punishment for them for their positions in support of the government and against the Turkish occupation.
The permanent representative of Syria to the United Nations emphasized that the situation resulting from this crime is intolerable, especially in light of the hot climate and the danger of the spread of the Corona pandemic, reminding Guterres of the relevant official messages previously addressed to him and the presidents of the Security Council, including the letter of complaint dated 5-31-2020 It was included in Syrian statements in the Security Council in this regard, the latest of which was the statement made by the permanent representative on the 19th of this month during the session on the political situation in Syria, affirming that Syria looks forward to the Secretariat’s urgent response to these messages.
For his part, Guterres said that he is aware of the situation in Al-Hasakah and that he has assigned the United Nations team in Syria and its special envoy Geir Pedersen “to do what is necessary to address this issue and ensure its urgent solution and the delivery of humanitarian aid to those affected until the pumping station in Alouk is restarted,” explaining that he can imagine the situation In light of the severe heat and the absence of drinking water.
Guterres added that this problem must be resolved urgently and that he will make every effort immediately with the Turkish government and other parties and through his representatives on the ground to ensure pressure to resolve the issue as soon as possible. He will also assign his special envoy Pedersen to work to address this issue through his meeting with representatives of the United States and Russia. Turkey is in Geneva next Monday on the sidelines of the constitutional debate committee meetings.