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"en.20160119.31.2-811-000"2
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"Madam President, recently we have seen harrowing images of starving children, women and elderly people in the Syrian town of Madaya. Starvation and siege is being used by the Syrian regime as a weapon of war and collective punishment. Food, water and medicine cannot be bargaining chips. Let us be clear: using starvation and siege as weapons is a war crime. Madaya is not the only Syrian city under siege: the UN estimates that 400,000 people are going hungry in 14 areas.
The EU should assist in ensuring that immediate access for the delivery of humanitarian assistance is possible. ISIS and its counterparts will continue to grow for as long as the international community continues to allow this starvation, torture and the massacre of millions. We must continue on the plan of action agreed on in the Vienna process. With the support of the international community, we can negotiate a political solution and a transition. Your decision, Madam High Representative, to give trade preferences to Jordan is a welcome move. I also welcome, in this respect, Saudi Arabia’s efforts in bringing all the oppositions together and forming a broad coalition of Muslim countries dedicated to fighting terrorism. We, the EU, are urging Iran and Saudi Arabia to find a way to work together to end the region’s worst humanitarian crisis. It is time to end the conflict and bring peace and prosperity to all the people of Syria."@en1
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