Wednesday, 12 June 2013
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Syria: Agencies Should Send Aid Where Most Needed
(New York, June 12, 2013) – Insufficient levels of humanitarian assistance are reaching opposition-controlled areas in northern Syria, despite their proximity to the Turkish border and dire medical, food, and other humanitarian needs, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch visited Raqqa governorate in April 2013, and Aleppo, Idlib, and Latakia governorates between December 2012 and April 2013.
UN agencies should do more to facilitate and support the expansion of cross-border operations by nongovernmental groups and should actively consider conducting cross-border operations themselves, Human Rights Watch said. The UN Security Council should also send a clear message that cross-border operations are needed to relieve civilian suffering, and should press Syria to allow cross-border operations. Both the Syrian government and armed opposition groups need to meet their legal obligations immediately to allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for all civilians in need.
UN agencies should do more to facilitate and support the expansion of cross-border operations by nongovernmental groups and should actively consider conducting cross-border operations themselves, Human Rights Watch said. The UN Security Council should also send a clear message that cross-border operations are needed to relieve civilian suffering, and should press Syria to allow cross-border operations. Both the Syrian government and armed opposition groups need to meet their legal obligations immediately to allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian relief for all civilians in need.
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