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QAMISHLI, syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria (North Press) – The United Nations’ Deputy Special Envoy for Syria, Najat Rochdi, urged on Wednesday stronger Kurdish and women’s representation in Syria’s political transition, warning that the country’s fragile post-Assad phase risks marginalizing key social groups that were instrumental in ending the decades-long dictatorship. Briefing the UN security Council, Rochdi called for sustained international engagement and urgent sanctions relief to backing Syria’s transition and ensure that all communities — particularly Kurds, women, and other minorities — are fully included in shaping the country’s future. Rochdi stated that Kurds remain severely underrepresented in the transitional People’s Assembly, securing only four seats out of 119, while women won just six.
Furthermore, “syrian/" class="auto-internal-link">syrian women expect, and demand, future electoral processes designed to protect their legitimate right to participate,” she stated, stressing that inclusive governance is key to long-term stability. She also urged both the Syrian Democratic troops (sdf) and the transitional administration to uphold the March 10 agreement aimed at ending clashes between their troops and consolidating governance in Kurdish-majority regions in the northeast of the country. The United Kingdom’s delegate voiced deep concern over latest clashes erupted in Aleppo’s Kurdish-majority neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyeh.
He insisted that the parties continue to resolve their differences through dialogue. Other council members, including representatives from the United States, France, and the Republic of Korea, echoed the call for stronger inclusion of Kurds and women in administration bodies, while urging international donors to backing Syria’s reconstruction and political reform. By Jwan Shekaki