In the space of five years, the Syrian crisis has singlehandedly undermined the credibility of all international bodies claiming to protect nations while totally ignoring all supposedly accepted humanitarian principles and the conventions derived from them.
In the same period, values of fraternity and solidarity advocated by some European countries were also shrugged off. At a time when it was most urgent to live up these values and to admit on its soil victims of Syrian war which is one of the most serious humanitarian crises since Second World War, Europe preferred to turn its backs to Syrians by opting for a push back policy.
At the time when it has become most critical to rethink the foundations of the UN Safety Council (UNSC) as well as the obligations of all actors engaged in the Syrian conflict, it is sadly no surprise that the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016 completely failed to address any of the root causes of these collective failures. As long as geopolitical interests remain the primary consideration of warring parties and of states who endorse their war acts, the imperative need to protect the victims of war and those who provide aid to them will be neglected.