{"id":131325,"date":"2025-10-23T07:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=131325"},"modified":"2025-10-23T07:03:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T07:03:37","slug":"un-envoy-urges-fair-representation-for-kurds-women-in-syrias-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/131325\/","title":{"rendered":"UN envoy urges fair representation for Kurds, women in Syria\u2019s transition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> The United Nations\u2019 Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Najat Rochdi, urged on Wednesday stronger Kurdish and women\u2019s representation in Syria\u2019s political transition, warning that the country\u2019s fragile post-Assad phase risks marginalizing key social groups that were instrumental in ending the decades-long dictatorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/press.un.org\/en\/2025\/sc16198.doc.htm\">Briefing<\/a> the UN Security Council, Rochdi called for sustained international engagement and urgent sanctions relief to support Syria\u2019s transition and ensure that all communities \u2014 particularly Kurds, women, and other minorities \u2014 are fully included in shaping the country\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rochdi said that Kurds remain severely underrepresented in the transitional People\u2019s Assembly, securing only four seats out of 119, while women won just six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSyrian women expect, and demand, future electoral processes designed to protect their legitimate right to participate,\u201d she said, stressing that inclusive governance is key to long-term stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She also urged both the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the transitional government to uphold the March 10 agreement aimed at ending clashes between their forces and consolidating governance in Kurdish-majority regions in the northeast of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Kingdom\u2019s delegate voiced deep concern over recent clashes erupted in Aleppo\u2019s Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh. 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