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Report of the Secretary-General
I. Introduction
1. The present report is the eighty-first submitted pursuant to paragraph 17 of Security Council resolution 2139 (2014), paragraph 10 of resolution 2165 (2014), paragraph 5 of resolution 2191 (2014), paragraph 5 of resolution 2258 (2015), paragraph 5 of resolution 2332 (2016), paragraph 6 of resolution 2393 (2017), paragraph 12 of resolution 2401 (2018), paragraph 6 of resolution 2449 (2018), paragraph 8 of resolution 2504 (2020), paragraph 3 of resolution 2533 (2020), paragraph 5 of resolution 2585 (2021), paragraph 5 of resolution 2642 (2022) and paragraph 5 of resolution 2672 (2023), in the last six of which the Council requested the Secretary-General to provide a report at least every 60 days on the implementation of the resolutions by all parties to the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic.
II. Major developments
Key points
1. Hostilities in the Syrian Arab Republic continued, in particular in the northern part of the country, including air strikes, mutual shelling and clashes, affecting civilians.
2. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights verified incidents in which a total of 77 civilians, including 7 women and 15 children, were killed as a result of hostilities. In addition, at least 31 civilians, including 2 women and 13 children, were injured.
3. Humanitarian assistance provided by United Nations agencies and their partners continued throughout the Syrian Arab Republic, including food delivery from the World Food Programme for 5.4 million people in April and 3.8 million people in May, across all 14 governorates.
4. Reliable access to sufficient and safe water across the north of the Syrian Arab Republic remains a challenge. Cholera cases are expected to rise owing to the onset of higher temperatures and reduced water availability.
5. A total of 23 consignments, consisting of 1,068 trucks, crossed into the north-west of the Syrian Arab Republic from Türkiye through crossborder operations, all through the Bab al-Hawa crossing. In addition, humanitarian access into north-west Syria continues to be facilitated with the extension of the use of the Bab al-Salam and Ra‘i border crossings until 13 August. During the reporting period, 127 trucks crossed into the Syrian Arab Republic through these two border crossings. In addition, the United Nations has also completed 116 inter-agency cross-border missions into the north-west of the country since 14 February.
6. On 24 May, a United Nations inter-agency team carried out a first cross-line mission to Tall Abyad. The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund delivered health and water, sanitation and hygiene supplies to benefit approximately 7,000 people.