The United Nations Administrative and Financial Committee approved funding for the independent institution concerned with detainees and missing persons in Syria, established by the General Assembly at the end of June last year. Media reports stated that an amount of 3 million dollars will be allocated to the institution, with 28 positions secured from April 1st until the end of the year. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution last June to create an institution to reveal the fate of the missing and forcibly disappeared in Syria.
Eighty-three countries voted in favor of the resolution to establish an independent institution for revealing the fate of the missing and detained in Syria, with 11 countries voting against it and 62 abstaining from voting. This decision was made despite opposition from Russia and China, which Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations, Bassam Sabbagh, criticized as “blatant interference” in the country’s affairs. International reports indicate that at least 130,000 people are missing or have been forcibly disappeared, with the Syrian regime and its allies being primarily held responsible for their disappearance.
