The United Nations created an agency to search for 130,000 Syrians who lost their lives during the war Now in its 13th year, the Syrian revo...

The United Nations created an agency to search for 130,000 Syrians who lost their lives during the war

Now in its 13th year, the Syrian revolution that erupted into a war has claimed nearly 500,000 lives and uprooted half of the country's 23 million residents.

In response to concerns raised by Damascus, the United Nations General Assembly [UNGA] established an independent organisation to shed light on the fate of the thousands of Syrians who have been displaced since the start of the country's war in 2011.

According to a UN statement on Thursday, "after 12 years of conflict and war in the Republic of Syria, there has not been much success in relieving the pain of the families by providing answers on the fate or the story of all the missing people."

11 nations abstained from the vote, 62 countries did not attend the meeting, and 83 nations supported the UN resolution.

Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, Syria, Russia, and China abstained.

In addition to helping the victims and the families of the missing, the Independent Commission for the Search of Missing Syrians "will clarify the fate and whereabouts of the missing persons" in the nation.

Now in its 13th year, the Syrian revolution that erupted into a war has claimed nearly 500,000 lives and uprooted half of the country's 23 million residents.

By 2021, more than 130,000 people will go missing as a result of the war, according to the International Organisation for the Search for Missing Persons' report to the UN.

Following the decision, the UN General Assembly was urged to create an independent agency by more than 100 civil society organisations and 23 human rights experts.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other Syrian organisations are among those that urged the UN to "support the family" in speaking the truth.

They emphasised that other organisations and the International Committee of the Red Cross endorsed the demand.

According to Human Rights Watch and other human rights organisations, the United Nations should vote to establish a humanitarian organisation that will assist Syrians in finding the answers they have been waiting to hear about their loved ones. today, more than 100 Syrians," according to Human Rights Watch.