[RED DEMOCRATICA] Security Council urges wider access for Syria aid workers

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Chemical-weapons crisis spurred diplomacy, UN's Angela Kane says Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 3, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Security Council urges wider access for Syria aid workers The United Nations Security Council adopted a "presidential statement" on Wednesday that requests that the Syrian government increase access for humanitarian workers. "If the commitments and practical steps in this statement are implemented, humanitarian workers will be able reach over 2 million people who have been unreachable for many months," says UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos. 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