It's too bad that air drops of supplies couldn't be made to all the people who desperately need aid.
UN: Syrian Government Blocking Humanitarian Aid
Lisa Schlein
April 14, 2016 11:41 AM
GENEVA—
A U.N. body set up to monitor the delivery of humanitarian assistance to besieged and hard-to-reach areas in Syria accuses the government of Bashar al-Assad of continuing to hamper the delivery of desperately needed aid.
U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, says all members of the U.N. Humanitarian Access Task Force are disappointed and frustrated by the lack of improvement in the delivery of aid to hundreds of thousands of Syrians.
Airdrops
He considers it unacceptable aid is not reaching people deprived of food and other relief for many months. He says the one bright spot is that air drops of food supplies into the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor are occurring smoothly.
Deir Ezzor province, with al-Bokamal and al-Mayadin
He says the World Food Program has successfully conducted three technically difficult operations this week. The last one Thursday, when 26 pallets of food were air-dropped into the Islamic State stronghold, a region that remains off-limits by road.
“The next airdrops are also likely to include, not only food items, but medical items, which are very much needed in the area. So far, 55 tons have been airdropped by the World Food Program airplane. This is quite encouraging,” he said.
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UN: Syrian Government Blocking Humanitarian Aid?
UN: Syrian Government Blocking Humanitarian Aid
Lisa Schlein
April 14, 2016 11:41 AM
GENEVA—
A U.N. body set up to monitor the delivery of humanitarian assistance to besieged and hard-to-reach areas in Syria accuses the government of Bashar al-Assad of continuing to hamper the delivery of desperately needed aid.
U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, says all members of the U.N. Humanitarian Access Task Force are disappointed and frustrated by the lack of improvement in the delivery of aid to hundreds of thousands of Syrians.
Airdrops
He considers it unacceptable aid is not reaching people deprived of food and other relief for many months. He says the one bright spot is that air drops of food supplies into the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor are occurring smoothly.
Deir Ezzor province, with al-Bokamal and al-Mayadin
He says the World Food Program has successfully conducted three technically difficult operations this week. The last one Thursday, when 26 pallets of food were air-dropped into the Islamic State stronghold, a region that remains off-limits by road.
“The next airdrops are also likely to include, not only food items, but medical items, which are very much needed in the area. So far, 55 tons have been airdropped by the World Food Program airplane. This is quite encouraging,” he said.
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UN: Syrian Government Blocking Humanitarian Aid?
