To rescue Syrians digging out of earthquake and war, UN must stand up to Assad regime

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Even while regime-controlled areas were severely affected, the Assad regime's representatives at the United Nations did not submit any request for aid, while demanding that any aid delivered to opposition-controlled areas must go through Damascus; they only recently conceded to U.N. negotiations for a three-month reprieve in the north - a full week after the earquakes.
35% : That the Syrian people, as well as the United Nations, are openly being held hostage by a murderous regime - and its allies on the Security Council and other platforms of diplomatic relations - might go down as one of the most shameful blemishes of complacency, inaction and even culpability on the modern record of the international security order.
32% : The international community abandoned them when they needed their help most as Assad regime jets bombed civilians killing millions, and the United Nations hid behind the shroud of international humanitarian law and diplomatic norms to justify their slow response to the unfolding catastrophe.

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