【時代論壇訊】世界宣明會於一月廿一日與全球近百個人道救援組織的領袖發佈聯署，呼籲世界各國的人民一同發聲，要求有能力終止敘利亞危機的各方，盡快達成停火協議，並立刻採取四項實際行動，不要讓敘利亞人民承受更多的苦難。世界宣明會並呼籲市民繼續向敘利亞人民伸出援手。
該四項實際行動包括給救援組織維持暢通及持續的通道、基於人道主義立場無條件及有監管下停火、停止攻擊平民設施，以及容許所有平民自由出入並立刻終止各方的圍攻。該項呼籲不僅是向全球各國政府發出，更是向世界各國的人民呼籲，因為這些實際行動，「只要有這樣做的意願，沒有任何實際原因會令它們不能實行。」
聯署呼籲各界聯手結束敘利亞的苦難
三年前，聯合國的人道救援機構領袖聯合作出緊急呼籲，要求有能力終止敘利亞危機的人，攜手拯救敘利亞的人民。他們說：「那些苦難及流血已經夠了！」
三年過去了。
敘利亞的戰爭即將踏入第六個年頭。敘利亞人民所受的苦難，所流的血，從未止息。
所以今日，多個人道救援組織及聯合國機構的領袖，攜手呼籲各國政府，以及每一個你，與我們一起發聲，要求結束這一場大屠殺，並呼籲各方盡快達成停火協議，邁向和平的道路。
這個世界需要聽到我們一致的聲音，要求停止這場暴行，因為這場衝突觸及到我們每一個人。
它觸及到那些在敘利亞喪失了摯親及生計，那些被迫離開家園，那些被軍隊圍困、活在絕望中的人。現時在敘利亞，有超過1350萬人急需人道救援。這不僅是一個數據。在這個冰冷的數字背後，是一個個有血有肉的人，他們的性命及未來正受到極大威脅。
它觸及到那些孤注一擲，以身犯險，逃難往異鄉的家庭。戰事發生至今，已迫使超過四百六十萬人逃難至鄰近及遠方國家。
它觸及到一整代兒童及年輕人，他們當中有愈來愈多人，因為缺乏教育及飽受恐怖經歷的創傷，在未來裡只見到暴力。
它觸及到那些距離敘利亞很遠，卻見到這場危機所引起的暴力惡果，出現在近在咫尺的街道上、辦公室及餐廳裡的人。
它亦觸及到世界上那些因為這場危機，有形無形地遭受到經濟損失的人。
那些有能力終止這場苦難的人可以，並應該，立刻採取行動。在覓得外交解決辦法之前，他們應採取以下行動：
一、維持暢通及持續的通道，讓救援組織將物資送到敘利亞有需要人民的手上；
二、基於人道主義立場，無條件及有監管下停火，讓食物及其他緊急援助送到平民手上，讓接種疫苗及其他保健計劃恢復，以及讓兒童回歸校園；
三、停止攻擊平民設施，讓學校、醫院及水源得到保障；及
四、容許所有平民自由出入，並立刻終止各方的圍攻。
這些均為實際行動。只要有這樣做的意願，沒有任何實際原因會令它們不能實行。以我們人類共同的名義，為了那數以百萬計無辜受苦的人，還有那數以百萬計命懸一線的人，我們要求立即採取行動。
二○一六年一月廿一日
AN APPEAL TO END THE SUFFERING IN SYRIA
Three years ago, the leaders of UN humanitarian agencies issued an urgent appeal to those who could end the conflict in Syria. They called for every effort to save the Syrian people. “Enough”, they said, of the suffering and bloodshed.
That was three years ago.
Now, the war is approaching its sixth brutal year. The bloodshed continues. The suffering deepens.
So today, we – leaders of humanitarian organisations and UN agencies - appeal not only to governments but to each of you - citizens around the world – to add your voices in urging an end to the carnage. To urge that all parties reach agreement on a ceasefire and a path to peace.
More than ever before, the world needs to hear a collective public voice calling for an end to this outrage. Because this conflict and its consequences touch us all.
It touches those in Syria who have lost loved ones and livelihoods, who have been uprooted from their homes, or who live in desperation under siege. Today, some 13.5 million people inside Syria need humanitarian assistance. That is not simply a statistic. These are 13.5 million individual human beings whose lives and futures are in jeopardy.It touches the families who, with few options for a better future, set out on perilous journeys to foreign lands in search of refuge. The war has seen 4.6 million people flee to neighbouring countries and beyond.
It touches a generation of children and young people who – deprived of education and traumatized by the horrors they have experienced –increasingly see their future shaped only by violence.
It touches those far beyond Syria who have seen the violent repercussions of the crisis reach the streets, offices and restaurants closer to their homes.
And it touches all those around the world whose economic wellbeing is affected, in ways visible and invisible, by the conflict.
Those with the ability to stop the suffering can - and therefore should - take action now. Until there is a diplomatic solution to the fighting, such action should include:
- Unimpeded and sustained access for humanitarian organizations to bring immediate relief to all those in need inside Syria
- Humanitarian pauses and unconditional, monitored ceasefires to allow food and other urgent assistance to be delivered to civilians, vaccinations and other health campaigns, and for children to return to school
- A cessation of attacks on civilian infrastructure – so that schools and hospitals and water supplies are kept safe
- Freedom of movement for all civilians and the immediate lifting of all sieges by all parties
These are practical actions. There is no practical reason they could not be implemented if there is the will to do so.
In the name of our shared humanity… for the sake of the millions of innocents who have already suffered so much…and for the millions more whose lives and futures hang in the balance, we call for action now.
Now.
21 January 2016
聯署者姓名：
Names of signatories:Adriano Campolina, Chief Executive, Actionaid
Daniel Wordsworth, President and CEO, American Refugee Committee
Marie-Pierre Caley, CEO, ACTED
Daigo Takagi, Association for Aid and Relief, Japan
Mohammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Chief Executive, AwazCDS and Pakistan Development Alliance
Hisham Dirani, CEO, BINAA Organization for Development
Wolfgang Jamann, Secretary General, Care International
Michel Roy, Secretary General, Caritas International
Carolyn Woo, President and CEO, Catholic Relief Services
Marie Soueid, Policy Counsel, Center for Victims of Torture
Meg Gardinier, Secretary General, ChildFund Alliance
Leila Zerrougui, UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
Rev. John L. McCullough, President and CEO, Church World Service
Dominic MacSorley, Chief Executive Officer, Concern Worldwide
W. Douglas Jackson, PhD, JD, President/CEO, PROJECT C.U.R.E.
Benoit Van Keirsbilck, Director, DEI-Belgique
Dr. Dirk Hegmanns, Regional Director Turkey/Syria/Iraq, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe
Stephen O’Brien, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Rosa G. Lizarde, Global Director, Feminist Task Force
Global Call to Action against Poverty
Florence Syevuo, Global Call to Action against Poverty, Kenya
David A. Weiss, President and CEO, Global Communities
Barry Andrews, CEO, GOAL Ireland
James Mitchum, Chief Executive Officer, Heart to Heart International
Anne Hery, Director for Advocacy and Institutional Relations,Handicap International
Handicap International, Belgium
Pierre Ferrari, President and CEO, Heifer International
Samuel A. Worthington, CEO, InterAction
Maryanne Diamond, Chair, International Disability Alliance
Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General, CEO, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Nancy A. Aossey, President & CEO, International Medical Corp
William L. Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration
International Organization for Migration, Netherlands
Constantine M. Triantafilou, Executive Director and CEO, International Orthodox Christian Charities
Dr. Mohamed Ashmawey, CEO, Islamic Relief Worldwide
Rev. Thomas H. Smolich, S.J. International Director, Jesuit Refugee Service
Lina Sergie Attar, co-founder and CEO, Karam Foundation
Kerk in Actie, Netherlands
Neal Keny-Guyer, Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Corps
Dato Dr Ahmad Faizal Perdaus, President, Mercy Malaysia
Richard Allen, CEO, Mentor Initiative
Anne-Marie Helland, General Secretary, Norwegian Church Aid
Jan Egeland, Secretary-General, Norwegian Refugee Council
Mark Goldring, Chief Executive, Oxfam Great Britain
People in Need
Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen, CEO, Plan International
Dirk Van Maele, Director, Plan België
Monique van ‘t Hek, Director, Plan Nederland
Dr. Tessie San Martin, President and CEO, Plan International USA
Curtis N. Rhodes Jr., International Director, Questscope
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Michel Gabaudan, President, Refugees International
Nancy E. Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Relief International
Dr. William Vendley, Secretary General, Religions for Peace
Dr. Haytham Alhamwi, Director, Rethink Rebuild
Janti Soeripto, Interim CEO, Save the Children, International
Patricia Erb, President and CEO, Save the Children Canada
Jonas Keiding Lindholm, CEO Save the Children Denmark
Kathrin Wieland, CEO, Save the Children Germany
Amy Fong, Chief Executive, Save the Children Hong Kong
Pim Kraan, Director, Save the Children Netherlands
Heather Hayden, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children New Zealand
Tove Wang, CEO, Save the Children Norway
Justin Forsyth, CEO, Save the Children UK
Carolyn Miles, President and CEO, Save the Children USA
SOS Kinderdorpen, Netherlands
Dr. Jihad Qaddour, President, Syria Relief and Development
Tineke Ceelen, Director, Stichting Vluchteling, Netherlands
Abdullah Hanoun, CEO, Syrian Community of the South West UK
Cécil Van Maelsaeke, Director, Tearfund, Belgium
Tearfund, UK
Noreen Gumbo, Head of Humanitarian Programmes, Trócaire
Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF
David Morley, President and CEO, UNICEF Canada
Marja-Riitta Ketola, Executive Director, Finnish National Committee for UNICEF
Bergsteinn Jónsson, Executive Director, UNICEF Iceland
Peter Power, Executive Director, UNICEF Ireland
Jan Bouke Wijbrandi, Executive Director, UNICEF Netherlands,
Vivien Maidaborn, Executive Director UNICEF New Zealand
Bernt G. Apeland, Executive Director, UNICEF Norway
Carmelo Angulo Barturen, President, Spanish National Committee for UNICEF,
Caryl M. Stern, President and CEO, U.S. Fund for UNICEF
Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund
Thomas G. Kemper, General Secretary, General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church
Lavinia Limón, President and CEO, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
Sarina Prabasi, Chief Executive Officer, WaterAid America
Sarah Costa, Executive Director, Women’s Refugee Commission
Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme
Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization
John Lyon, President, World Hope International
Hélène H. Oord, Chief, Worldview Mission
Kevin Jenkins, President and CEO, World Vision International
（http://christiantimes.org.hk，時代論壇每日新聞，2016.01.26）
