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NGOs and faith groups to Obama & Putin: Hope is crumbling on your watch, save Syria’s ceasefire

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NGOs and faith groups to Obama & Putin: Hope is crumbling on your watch, save Syria’s ceasefire "Violence across Syria has escalated alarmingly, reportedly claiming a life on average every 25 minutes in the past 48 hours. We cannot stand by in the face of this catastrophe. Global NGOs and faith groups demand that President Barack Obama and President Vladimir Putin immediately use their personal diplomatic engagement to save what remains of the Cessation of Hostilities (CoH) agreement.

In recent days, unacceptable violations of Syria’s CoH and the rules of international law have threatened to doom the initiative in its entirety. Numerous strikes on civilians, including several targeting medical facilities and rescue workers, have killed dozens. This must stop now. Just weeks ago, the US and Russia helped secure the CoH, providing a glimpse of what a respite from violence means for people in Syria.

Fewer people died in the first month of Syria’s ceasefire than at almost any other time since the war began. For many, it was the first time in years that they could walk the streets without fear. This was a first glimpse of hope. That hope that now hangs in the balance. Syria is yet again on the brink of humanitarian disaster and the need for action is urgent.

President Obama and President Putin: these atrocities are happening on your watch. Please heed the call of the UN Special Envoy to Syria to take urgent steps to rescue Syria's cessation of hostilities and end attacks on civilians. Please act now to keep hope alive for Syrians.” Signed,

  1. 11.11.11

  2. Association for Aid and Relief Japan

3 ) Action on Armed Violence

  1. Action Contre la Faim

  2. Andalus Center for tolerance and coexistence

  3. Arab Coalition for Sudan (ACS)

  4. Arab Program for Human Rights Activists (APHRA)

  5. ASML

  6. Bangla 2000

  7. Baptists Together

  8. Broederlijk Delen

  9. The Council for British Arab Understanding (CAABU)

  10. CAFOD

  11. CARE International

  12. CCFD-Terre Solidaire

  13. Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)

  14. Center for Victims of Torture

  15. ChildrenPlus

  16. Christian Aid

  17. Church of Scotland

  18. Doctors of the World UK

  19. Doctors of the World USA

  20. Euromed (EMHRN)

  21. International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)

  22. Friends Committee on National Legislation

  23. Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)

  24. Hand in Hand for Syria

  25. Helen Bamber Foundation

  26. Hivos (Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries)

  27. Hope for Syria

  28. Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHASM” /Palestine

  29. iguacu

  30. Ihsan

  31. Independent Doctors Association (IDA)

  32. International Rescue Committee

  33. Islamic Relief

  34. Karam Foundation

  35. Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation

  36. Lord Bishop of Coventry, on behalf of the Church of England

  37. Madani organisation

  38. Mayday Rescue

  39. Medical Aid for Palestinians

  40. Medics Under Fire

  41. Middle East and North Africa Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (MENAPPAC)

  42. Mercy Corps

  43. Methodist Church in Britain

  44. Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies

  45. Non-Violence Network in the Arab Countries

  46. Oxfam

  47. PAX

  48. Pax Christi Flanders

  49. Pax Christi International

  50. Peace Action

  51. People in Need

  52. Permanent Peace Movement

  53. Physicians for Human Rights

  54. Protection Approaches

  55. Rahma Relief

  56. Relief International

  57. Relief & Reconciliation for Syria

  58. Rethink Rebuild Society

  59. Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS)

  60. Save the Children

  61. Sawa for Development and Aid

  62. STAND: The Student-Led Movement to End Mass Atrocities

  63. Syria Charity

  64. Syria Civil Defence

  65. Syria Network for Human Rights

  66. Syria Relief

  67. Syria Relief and Development

  68. Syrian British Medical Society

  69. Syrian Civil Coalition

  70. Syrian Network for Human Rights

  71. Tearfund

  72. The Center for Victims of Torture

  73. The David Nott Foundation

  74. The Phoenix Foundation

  75. The Society for Threatened Peoples (Germany)

  76. The Syria Campaign

  77. The United Reformed Church

  78. Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM)

  79. Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations (UOSSM) France

  80. Vision GRAM-International

  81. War Child

  82. Win Without War

  83. Women Now for Development

  84. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)