The U.N. Security Council met Tuesday to go over how effective its existing resolutions on Syria had been.
U.N. Security Council members vented frustrations and traded blame Tuesday over their unheeded demand for a 30-day cease-fire in Syria, with the U.S. envoy calling it 'a day of shame.'
With a unanimous Feb. 24 vote, the council called for a 30-day break in hostilities 'without delay' to enable humanitarian aid and medical evacuations as Syria enters its eighth year of civil war. But bombings didn't stop in the besieged Damascus suburbs known as eastern Ghouta.
'History will not be kind when it judges the effectiveness of this council in relieving the suffering of the Syrian people,' U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said, adding that it 'should be a day of shame for every member.'
Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok, whose country holds the council presidency, called it 'a humiliation' for the U.N.'s most powerful body to be unable to enforce an order for humanitarian aid access.
Since the resolution passed, the U.N. and other groups have delivered aid to about 137,000 people around Syria — an improvement since earlier this year but still 'crumbs' compared to what is needed, U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said.
With a unanimous Feb. 24 vote, the council called for a 30-day break in hostilities 'without delay' to enable humanitarian aid and medical evacuations as Syria enters its eighth year of civil war. But bombings didn't stop in the besieged Damascus suburbs known as eastern Ghouta.
'History will not be kind when it judges the effectiveness of this council in relieving the suffering of the Syrian people,' U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said, adding that it 'should be a day of shame for every member.'
Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok, whose country holds the council presidency, called it 'a humiliation' for the U.N.'s most powerful body to be unable to enforce an order for humanitarian aid access.
Since the resolution passed, the U.N. and other groups have delivered aid to about 137,000 people around Syria — an improvement since earlier this year but still 'crumbs' compared to what is needed, U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said.
And '5.6 million Syrians in acute need cannot live on crumbs,' he added.
More than 1,600 civilians have been killed in the recent government offensive, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Over 120,000 people have left eastern Ghouta.
Critics say the evacuations amount to forced displacement, and the U.N. and the International Committee of the Red Cross have refused to facilitate them.
Haley accused the Syrian government, Russia and Syrian ally Iran of making 'a mockery' of the cease-fire demand and said Russia had used its veto-wielding seat to stop the Security Council from doing more.
The cease-fire resolution's sponsors, Kuwait and Sweden, said they were disappointed in the outcome but determined to keep trying to achieve its goals.
More than 1,600 civilians have been killed in the recent government offensive, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Over 120,000 people have left eastern Ghouta.
Critics say the evacuations amount to forced displacement, and the U.N. and the International Committee of the Red Cross have refused to facilitate them.
Haley accused the Syrian government, Russia and Syrian ally Iran of making 'a mockery' of the cease-fire demand and said Russia had used its veto-wielding seat to stop the Security Council from doing more.
The cease-fire resolution's sponsors, Kuwait and Sweden, said they were disappointed in the outcome but determined to keep trying to achieve its goals.
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