Since 2011, Syria has been the scene of a global proxy war that has claimed the lives of more than 500,000 people. Another 13 million have either fled the country or been displaced within the country's borders. Over 100,000 people are also listed as missing. The unknown fate of the disappeared is one of the greatest tragedies of the Syrian war.

To deal with finding missing people, the United Nations wants to create a new institution. The formation of the "Independent Institution for Disappeared Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic" was decided on Thursday at the UN General Assembly in New York. The organization is thus complying with demands from affected families and human rights groups. After 12 years of conflict and violence, little progress has been made to alleviate the suffering of the families. These expected answers about the fate and whereabouts of the missing are stated in a corresponding resolution, which was adopted by the General Assembly by 83 votes in favor, 11 against and 62 abstentions.

The establishment of the new UN mechanism was positively received in the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria.

The Syrian Democratic Council (MSD or SDC) released a statement welcoming the decision of the United Nations General Assembly and expressing its full readiness to provide all kinds of support for all endeavors that would end the Syrian crisis.

"We congratulate this decision, which came as a result of strenuous efforts made by human rights and humanitarian institutions that worked over the years of the Syrian crisis to reveal the fate of more than 100,000 people, according to estimates by non-governmental organizations. We hope that this decision will contribute to alleviating the suffering of the Syrians, ending their crisis,” said the MSD statement.

MSD pointed out that: “We highly appreciate that the issue of the Syrian people has become one of the priorities of the international community and the serious desire to solve it, while certain countries are still working to manage the Syrian crisis, tampering with its security and stability, inciting violence and a culture of hatred, and supporting terrorism and extremism, as happened in the recent Astana meeting.”

MSD stated that the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) had previously issued a solution initiative and a decision to prosecute ISIS members. “This trial is capable of revealing facts, including the fate of the missing,” it noted.

MSD called on the international community to take these initiatives seriously, adding; “We believe that there is no way to solve the Syrian crisis except through the participation of all Syrians without exclusion or discrimination of any party, and adherence to UN resolutions and implementing them.”