The UN envoy said that while the ceasefire remained fragile, it was largely holding and noted that “we would not have been able to have these talks if there was a breakdown of the cease-fire.”
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs Stephen O’Brien reiterated to the Security Council yesterday that there is no humanitarian or military solution to the Syrian conflict.
“A genuine political commitment to peace will be needed if 2017 is to offer any different prospect than the death and destruction of the past six years,” he added, emphasising the need for fighting to stop.
