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<p>The UK supported UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 2401, unanimously adopted
on 24 February, which demands a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow for delivery of
humanitarian aid and medical evacuations which are urgently needed across Syria, particularly
in eastern Ghouta. We have urged those with influence over the regime to ensure the
ceasefire is implemented in full. On 27 February, Minister of State for Europe and
the Americas The Rt Hon. Sir Alan Duncan MP met with the Russian Ambassador to the
UK, Alexander Yakovenko, stressing UK concern at the current situation in Syria, particularly
the crisis in eastern Ghouta. The Foreign Secretary also wrote to the Russian Foreign
Minister Lavrov on 27 February regarding the crisis in eastern Ghouta and urging Russia
to uphold its commitments to ensure that UNSCR 2401 is implemented in full. Most recently,
the UK raised its concerns with Russia on 7 March in the UN Security Council. We also
called for an Urgent Debate in the UN Human Rights Council on 2 March and proposed
a resolution which the UN Human Rights Council adopted on 5 March calling for the
full and immediate implementation of UNSCR 2401.</p>
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