The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
El Director Ejecutivo de UNOPS concluye su visita a Siria
Declaración de Jorge Moreira da Silva, Secretario General Adjunto de las Naciones Unidas y Director Ejecutivo de UNOPS. Declaración tras su visita a Siria, en el marco de un viaje de seis días a Oriente Medio para visitar el Líbano, Siria, Territorio Palestino Ocupado e Israel. En el marco de este viaje, visitará por segunda vez los proyectos de UNOPS en Gaza (en inglés).
UNOPS is committed to supporting Syria’s path towards a peaceful and inclusive future.
Syria continues to face a massive humanitarian crisis, including one of the largest displacement crises in the world. With the political transition, Syria stands at a moment in history. The moment of opportunity and responsibility cannot be missed.
UNOPS has remained in Syria throughout the last decade, delivering projects amid ongoing conflicts. We have been addressing some of the most critical challenges affecting the Syrian population both in Syria and within the neighbouring countries and communities hosting the Syrian refugees.
Our work in Syria has been wide-ranging. We helped remove chemical weapons in 2014 and provided operational support to UN partners including the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and UN-HABITAT. UNOPS also supports humanitarian mine action in Syria, and we help rehabilitate educational and health infrastructure, providing renewable energy solutions, and procuring medical equipment and supplies.
UNOPS is also working to bring together efforts across humanitarian, development and peace sectors, through The Nexus Response Mechanism. This will support the early recovery efforts for the local communities through enhanced access to livelihood opportunities, strengthened capacities of civil society organizations, and local and municipal service providers.
These are crucial efforts, given the scale of needs following years of conflict. To help Syrians lay the foundations for sustainable peace and prosperity, we have an urgent responsibility to support efforts to improve education, healthcare, and livelihoods.
After five decades of brutal rule, the people of Syria stand at a moment of hope.
Today, in my meetings at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Education, I was glad to hear high expectations about UNOPS contribution to early recovery and reconstruction through our capacity for infrastructure, procurement and project management.
UNOPS – along with the UN family – stands with the Syrian people. We are committed to staying and delivering, to support a future determined by the people of Syria, that honours unity, sustainable development and human rights.
