UNSC approves Resolution to deploy UN observers in Aleppo The United Nations Security Council on December 19, 2016, unanimously approved a resolution to deploy UN observers to the Syrian city of Aleppo.The resolution taken during a session at the council’s headquarters in New York, stated that UN monitors sent to Aleppo would be carrying out “adequate, neutral monitoring and direct observation” on
evacuations from eastern Aleppo and the safety of civilians who remain in the Syrian city.The 15-member body unanimously approved a resolution drafted by France that urged all parties to provide monitors with safe, immediate and unimpeded access.The resolution also asks UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to adopt prompt measures to let the observers examine “the well-being of civilians” and get in touch with interested parties during their deployment.Aleppo is a city in Syria, located about 355 kilometers north of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
♦ UNSC is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security as well as accepting new members to the United Nations and approving any changes to its United Nations Charter.
♦ Headquarter: New York City
♦ Founded: 1945
♦ President: Román Oyarzun Marchesi
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