SYRIA: U.N. aid chief Amos starts visit to Syria

Record ID: 281322

  • Title: SYRIA: U.N. aid chief Amos starts visit to Syria
  • Date: 14th August 2012
  • Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (AUGUST 14, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SYRIAN FLAG MEETING BETWEEN U.N. HUMANITARIAN CHIEF VALERIE AMOS AND SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER FAISAL MIQDAD IN PROGRESS AMOS MIQDAD AMOS AND MIQDAD VARIOUS THE MEETING
  • Embargoed: 29th August 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA9W6J06YE40GTNE4LUBA8DOU9O
  • Story Text: United Nations emergency relief coordinator Valerie Amos arrived in Syria on Tuesday (August 14) at the start of a three-day regional trip to discuss humanitarian aid for Syrian civilians trapped or displaced by the fighting, a statement said.
    Amos, who entered Syria on a land convoy from Lebanon, held a meeting with deputy foreign minister Faisal Mekdad and was scheduled to meet other Syrian authorities as well as officials from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.
    Amos will discuss ways of increasing emergency aid to civilians, but fighting must ebb before there is any real hope of gaining access to hot spots, diplomats said on Monday.
    The humanitarian situation in Syria has worsened in recent weeks as fighting spread to Damascus and Aleppo. Two million people are now estimated to have been affected by the crisis and 1.5 million have been internally displaced, according to the world body.
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