United Nations Security Council Resolution 2268

The United Nations Security Council Resolution 2268 was unanimously adopted on 26 February 2016. It is calling for a cessation of hostilities and a grant for access to humanitarian workers in Syria.^[2]

UN Security Council Resolution 2268
Date	26 February 2016
Meeting no.	7634
Code	S/RES/2268 (Document)
Subject	Cessation of hostilities pact in Syria
Voting summary	15[1] voted for None voted against None abstained None absent
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  Russia  United Kingdom  United States
Non-permanent members	Angola  Egypt  Japan  Malaysia  New Zealand  Senegal  Spain  Ukraine  Uruguay  Venezuela
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The resolution

The resolution endorsed the Joint Statement of the United States and the Russia of 22 February 2016 on "cessation of hostilities" and demanded that all parties to whom the cessation of hostilities applied to fulfil their commitments thereunder, as well as "the full and immediate implementation of resolution 2254 (2015) to facilitate a Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political transition, in accordance with the Geneva communiqué as set forth in the ISSG Statements".^[1][3]