UNSC needs to introspect about cost of its 'actions, inactions' on Syria: India

At the UN Security Council briefing on Syria, India said the decade-long conflict has had a devastating effect on the people of Syria and that the UN body needs to introspect about the cost of its "actions and inactions".

The UN Security Council needs to introspect about the cost of its "actions and inactions" on Syria, India has said, emphasising that the powerful organ of the world body cannot afford to be "unmoved" on the urgent need to build consensus and work collectively to end the sufferings of the people in the war-torn country. Speaking at the Security Council briefing on Syria, chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador TS Tirumurti on Monday said the last decade has largely been lost for the Syrians, particularly for the children and youth, who have not been seeing anything but violence and conflict since 2011. "This suffering should certainly move the Council members," Tirumurti said, asserting that the Council needs to introspect about the cost of its actions and inactions.