Stefan O’Brien (opvolger van Valerie Amos) hield een sterk betoog over de hartverscheurende humanitaire situatie in Syrie voor de Veiligheidsraad dd 28 april 2016.

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The human toll and suffering is sickening…..For many who are merely surviving, life is miserable. Deliberately deprives of food and medicins, many face the most appaling conditions of desolation, hunger and starvation.

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The removal of medicins and medical supplies from aid convoys continues.

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Frankly, I am not sure just how many more days or weeks or months the long-suffering people of Syria can endure this protracted humanitarian catastrophe.

Lees de volledige speech op: http://www.unocha.org/media-resources/usg-statement-speeches