U.N. Appeals To Syrian Government To Allow Humanitarian Aid Access In Besieged Areas

VOA News: U.N. Blocked From Delivering Aid to Besieged Areas in Syria
“The United Nations is appealing to the Syrian government to provide the permits needed to send humanitarian aid convoys into besieged and hard-to-reach areas and to allow a life-saving vaccination campaign for children to go ahead. … The U.N., however, says it has not received permission to enter six areas — most government-controlled — where hundreds of thousands of people have received no relief supplies for more than one year…” (Schlein, 3/17).

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