My blog has attempted to document the ongoing killings alongside the Assad's regime's continued denial of humanitarian aid to rebel forces and innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. The Associated Press article I chose this week shows the other side of this equation: the growing international movement for aid to the rebels and cessation of hostilities. The article details how the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, met with the Saudi King in advance of a "Friends of the Syrian People" gathering. The gathering will involve many nations, with differing views on whether to aid the rebels militarily or with purely humanitarian aid.
An important section of the world leaders have come to a consensus to aid the Syrian opposition and provide at least humanitarian aid in an attempt to end the bloodshed. As we learned in class, gaining this consensus is a huge step in the direction of ending the human rights abuses under the Assad regime above and beyond the ongoing conflict. The regime has agreed to a ceasefire, but the fighting is ongoing. The situation will not have an easy solution, but it is clear that the countries active on the issue are poised to take action.
At a minimum, humanitarian aid will be necessary to aid the opposition from the brutal repression of the Assad regime. While many organizations are in place and attempting to affect aid, it is still difficult to gain access to the "hot zones" within the country. In trying to document the bright side of the human rights equation, this aid is fundamental to armed opposition and unarmed civilians alike.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/03/30/world/middleeast/ap-clinton-mideast.html?ref=world
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