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UN briefing urges lifting sanctions and export‑control relief to support Syrian transition
Summary
In a Security Council briefing from Damascus, Najat Rushdie urged quicker and larger-scale sanctions relief, cited the Caesar Act as an impediment to investment, and called for domestic reforms and donor confidence measures to enable reconstruction and economic recovery.
Najat Rushdie, briefing the United Nations Security Council from Damascus, called for a rapid and larger easing of sanctions and export‑control measures to allow investment and reconstruction needed for Syria’s political transition.
Rushdie said the economic consequences of 14 years of conflict and decades of authoritarian rule impose severe constraints on recovery, and she framed sanctions relief as critical to giving the transition “a chance to succeed.” She welcomed a U.S. government…
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