UN Secretary General: Save Madaya from starvation
To UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura, Presidents Rouhani and Erdogan, and all parties to the Syrian conflict:
As citizens from around the world, we are truly horrified by the intentional starvation of the residents of Madaya. We call on you to urgently use your powers to get the siege on Madaya lifted, and to end the blockades on all towns across Syria, while redoubling your diplomatic efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace. Our community will not remain silent in the face of these humanitarian crimes and other atrocities. The power to save countless lives is in your hands.
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A truce to lift the siege on Madaya and other cities was brokered in September by Iran, Turkey and the UN, but civilians are still trapped inside without food and medicine. Turkey and Iran can work with their allies to ensure the siege is lifted, but won’t act on their own. If we raise a one million strong outcry pressuring UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to intervene and work with all sides to lift the siege, we can save thousands of families from starving to death in Madaya.
Ban Ki-moon can do this -- the success of this truce will be a key element in order to prevent a whitewash at the upcoming Syria peace talks. And with his service to the UN ending soon, lifting the siege would be a great achievement for his legacy. With enough pressure from each one of us, we can get Ban Ki-moon to be the champion Madaya desperately needs right now.
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