Syria crisis: why the UN Security Council is impotent

Organisation has ‘inglorious history of missing chances to avert catastrophe’

A Syrian girl receives treatment following Syrian government strikes on Eastern Ghouta
A girl receives treatment following Syrian government strikes on Eastern Ghouta
(Image credit: Photo: AMMAR SULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

The UN Security Council is expected to meet today to discuss the Syrian crisis and government-backed assault on Eastern Ghouta - described by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as “hell on Earth”.

The council is also likely to vote on a draft resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire in Syria to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid and medical evacuations.

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