SYRIA: UN OFFICIALS URGE HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO THOUSANDS TRAPPED BY INTENSE FIGHTING

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: UNNews <UNNews@un.org>
Date: 2 Aug 2013 18:00:01 -0400
Subject: SYRIA: UN OFFICIALS URGE HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO THOUSANDS
TRAPPED BY INTENSE FIGHTING
To: news11@ny-mail-p-lb-028.ptc.un.org

SYRIA: UN OFFICIALS URGE HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO THOUSANDS TRAPPED BY
INTENSE FIGHTINGNew York, Aug 2 2013 6:00PMFrustrated by the dire
plight through of civilians in Syria, the United Nations humanitarian
chief today reiterated her call for an end to the fighting, access for
aid workers, and respect for international human rights and
humanitarian law.

"The continued failure by parties to the conflict to protect civilians
across Syria means that women, men, and children continue to be
killed, injured and displaced across the country,"
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief
Coordinator Valerie Amos said in a
<"http://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/un-humanitarian-chief-frustrated-lack-protection-civilians-syria">statement.

She urged commitment by all parties "to stop actions that result in
loss of civilian lives, to allow access for aid organizations, and to
respect their obligations under international human rights and
humanitarian law," Ms. Amos noted, adding that she and colleagues in
the humanitarian and human rights community have publicly and
frequently called for the violence to stop.

Ms. Amos noted that hundreds of people have reportedly been killed,
injured or taken hostage in attacks in Homs, Aleppo and other areas of
Syria in the last two days alone.

Aid officials – at risk to their own lives – are trying to get to
civilians caught in the fighting, Ms. Amos said.

"They need our support to be able to safely reach all people in need,
wherever they are in Syria," she urged. "Their job is to be neutral
and impartial and it remains vital that efforts to provide
humanitarian aid are separate from political agendas."

Meanwhile, the head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) urged
"immediate safe access" to families caught in the fighting in Al Waer
neighbourhood of Homs where some 400,000 people are believed to be
living in partially constructed buildings, schools and other public
buildings.

UNICEF has been aiding partners to distribute nutrition and basic
hygiene supplies and clean water, but new checkpoints are preventing
more supplies from entering the area.

"We call on all parties to facilitate immediate safe access to these
families so we can provide life-saving assistance, and to allow those
families currently trapped in Al Waer who wish to leave to do so in
safety and in dignity," UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said in
a statement.

"Cannot all those involved agree that the innocent women and children
in Homs, and across Syria, should be spared all possible suffering?"

Mr. Lake said the situation of women and children in Homs "is rapidly
deteriorating" with reports of intense daily clashes, and rocket and
mortar strikes causing many casualties.

Water and electricity are still available but vegetables, milk and
other essentials are in increasingly short supply. UNICEF warned that
its own emergency supplies "will run out within days".

Some 5,000 people are killed monthly in the conflict, and an average
6,000 flee every day from the country, according to the UN figures
presented last month to the UN Security Council.

Since fighting began in March 2011 between the Syrian Government and
opposition groups seeking to oust President Bashar Al-Assad as many as
100,000 people have been killed, almost 2 million have fled to
neighbouring countries and a further 4 million have been internally
displaced. In addition, at least 6.8 million Syrian require urgent
humanitarian assistance, half of whom are children.Aug 2 2013 6:00PM
________________
For more details go to UN News Centre at http://www.un.org/news

Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/UN.News.Centre) and
Twitter (http://twitter.com/UN_News_Centre)

To change your profile or unsubscribe go to: http://www.un.org/apps/news/email/


--
President of The United States
Guy Ralph Perea Sr President of The United States
Weatherdata1046am0426 a Discussion Group of
Weatherdata<http://groups.google.com/group/weatherdata1046am0426>
USFMSC
http://www.cityfreq.com/ca/avalon/>
QUALIFY QICP
OCCUPS
http://www.occupationalinfo.org/02/025062010.html
goldlandabstracts; link check
own search engine - The United
States International Policies
http://apps.facebook.com/faceblogged/?uid=1340855784
http://lnk.ms/8d5gl aol
http://groups.google.com/group/united-states-of-american
http://twitter.com/ptusss Federal Communication
Commission<http://columbiabroadcast.spaces.live.com/>

Ambassador Chevy Chase; Kevin Corcran; Jack Nickolas; Cher; Shirley Temple
Black; Liza Minnille; Ansari; Ernest Tascoe; Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
Agent Jodie Foster; Department of Veterans Affairs Director George H.W. Bush
Title 22 USCS section 1928 (b) The e-mail
transmission may contain legally privileged information that
is intended only for the individual or entity recipient, you are hereby,
notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance upon the
contents of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this
E-mail transmission in error, please reply to the sender, so arrangements
can be made for proper delivery. Title 42
USCS section 192 etseq Margie Paxton Chief of Childrens Bureau
Director of The United States Department of Human Services; Defendant
Article IV General Provisions Section 2
(Supreme Law of The Land) The Constitution of The United States "Any thing
in The Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary Notwithstanding"
Contrary to Law (of an act or omission) illegal;
https://twitter.com/presidentus1