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"en.20141022.23.3-430-000"2
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"Mr President, Syria has become a major humanitarian challenge facing the world today. The war there has killed hundreds and thousands; it has displaced more than 6.5 million people inside the country and it has forced more than three million to flee for their lives beyond the borders. The flagrant violation of international law by all sides in the Syrian conflict must be confronted and referred to the International Criminal Court.
The rise of ISIS, the continued activities of al-Qaeda, and the growing strength of Boko Haram make it clear that there is no room for complacency among the international community when it comes to the growth of extremism. We must unite, we must mobilise to confront this threat and we must do so with a real sense of urgency. Everywhere we look at this time we see a world beset by warfare and terror on many fronts, heart-rending reports of escalating casualties and refugee numbers, the slaughter of innocents and the suffering of children and vulnerable adults in northern Iraq and Syria.
The town of Kobane has become a crucial symbolic battleground in the war against ISIS. Having been under siege for a month now, it is heart-breaking to see mothers, young children and vulnerable adults involved in defending the city, which has come under sustained attack from ISIS fighters. Over 180 000 Syrians have been displaced to Turkey by the fierce fighting in Kobane alone and yes, the Commission has increased its humanitarian budget for the Syrian crisis in 2014, but we must question whether we doing enough to stop the ISIS advance. We must question whether we are doing enough to help the three million refugees, many of them children, who are now spread across Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt and parts of North Africa.
More pertinent is what awaits the people who remain in Kobane, a besieged people short of fuel, food, weaponry and without adequate international support. We must not just question, we must act. We have a duty to act, and this Union has a moral obligation to help civilians in Kobane to do everything in its power, from both a humanitarian and political perspective, to stop the advance of ISIS and deal with the refugee crisis that is threatening to tear that region apart."@en1
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