A/HRC/RES/23/26 20. Urges the international community to provide urgent financial support to the host countries to enable them to respond to the growing humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees, while emphasizing the principle of burden-sharing; 21. Urges all relevant United Nations agencies, in particular the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other international organizations and donor States to provide urgent and more support to Syrian refugees and their host countries; 22. Urges all donors to provide expeditiously financial support to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and international humanitarian organizations, as requested in the humanitarian appeal on the Syrian Arab Republic, so that they can implement more actively the humanitarian response plan inside the country; 23. Takes note with appreciation of the international assistance offered since the Kuwait Donors Conference of 30 January 2013, notes the scale of the Syrian regional humanitarian appeal launched on 7 June 2013, and calls on all members of the international community to respond expeditiously to the appeal and to fulfil previous pledges; 24. Demands that the Syrian authorities facilitate the access of humanitarian organizations to all people in need through the most efficient routes, including by providing authorization for cross-border humanitarian operations as an urgent priority, encourages all parties in the Syrian Arab Republic to facilitate the delivery of assistance in areas under their control, including across conflict lines, in order to implement fully the humanitarian response plan, and calls on all sides to respect the safety of humanitarian workers and United Nations personnel and to protect medical personnel, facilities and transport consistent with applicable international law, as well as to allow the provision of medical care on a non-discriminatory basis; 25. Decides to remain seized of the matter. 41st meeting 14 June 2013 [Adopted by a recorded vote of 37 to 1, with 9 abstentions. The voting was as follows: In favour: Argentina, Austria, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Guatemala, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Montenegro, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Sierra Leone, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Unites States of America Against: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Abstaining: Angola, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Philippines, Uganda] 4