Press Release

Statement by UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Adam Abdelmoula on the Humanitarian Convoy to As-Sweida Governorate

31 July 2025

 

Damascus, 31 July 2025 — Today, the United Nations and humanitarian partners successfully delivered an inter-agency convoy carrying life-saving assistance to As-Sweida Governorate. The convoy aims to address the urgent needs of families and communities affected by the recent security developments and the resulting disruption in access to essential services.

The inter-agency convoy of 40 trucks delivered a broad range of life-saving assistance, including food, medical supplies such as insulin, fuel, clean water, hygiene kits, shelter materials, and equipment to support hospitals, bakeries, and electricity infrastructure. It also included critical supplies for displaced families and for United Nations teams operating in the governorate.

With over 175,000 people displaced in recent weeks and humanitarian needs escalating rapidly, this operation represents a significant step toward expanding access and scaling up the humanitarian response in affected areas of southern Syria.

“I want to sincerely thank the interim Government for its constructive engagement in facilitating this convoy,” said Mr. Adam Abdelmoula, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria. “We also appreciate the Government’s earlier support in enabling the safe and orderly relocation of UN personnel and their dependents from As-Sweida. These actions reflect a shared commitment to the protection of civilians and the delivery of principled humanitarian assistance”

The United Nations remains committed to working with all relevant stakeholders to ensure the sustained, principled delivery of humanitarian assistance to all communities in need and to further scale up the response in As-Sweida and throughout Syria, where humanitarian needs remain severe.

Nathalie Fustier

Nathalie Fustier

RCO
Resident Coordinator a.i and Humanitarian Coordinator
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Ms. Nathalie Fustier has over 30 years of experience in international relations, negotiations, and the management of political, humanitarian, and development affairs. She most recently served as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Morocco, leading and coordinating the work of more than 21 UN agencies, funds, and programmes in support of the country’s development priorities. She previously held the same position in Saudi Arabia, where she coordinated the work of 23 UN entities.
Before that, Ms. Fustier worked with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in several leadership roles, including Head of Office in Lebanon and Gaziantep (Turkey), and Senior Humanitarian Affairs Specialist for the Middle East at UN Headquarters in New York.
Earlier in her career, she spent eight years in the private sector advising international companies in the Gulf and the Middle East on risk analysis, negotiation strategies, due diligence, fundraising, and intercultural training. She also served as the volunteer Chair of the Women’s Foundation for the Mediterranean.
For three decades, Ms. Fustier has worked on Middle Eastern affairs. She has served as Counselor for Cooperation and Cultural Affairs at the French Embassy in Doha, worked with the United Nations’ Oil-for-Food Programme and the Department of Political Affairs in New York, and served in the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Baghdad. She also spent eight years in Paris overseeing the work of the Delegation for Strategic Affairs for the Middle East and North Africa.
Nathalie Fustier holds a master’s degree in political sciences from the Institute of Political Studies (Aix-en-Provence, France) and a master’s degree in international Negotiation from Aix-Marseille University (France).

She is married and has one son.

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