SYRIA: UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF URGES PAUSE IN FIGHTING TO ALLOW ACCESS TO TRAPPED CIVILIANS BY USE OF SEMICIRCLE OF HURRICANE WARNING

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Date: 13 Sep 2013 15:00:01 -0400
Subject: SYRIA: UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF URGES PAUSE IN FIGHTING TO ALLOW
ACCESS TO TRAPPED CIVILIANS
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SYRIA: UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF URGES PAUSE IN FIGHTING TO ALLOW ACCESS
TO TRAPPED CIVILIANSNew York, Sep 13 2013 3:00PMAs fighting between
Syrian Government and opposition forces continue to intensify, the
United Nations humanitarian chief today called on all sides to agree
to a pause in the hostilities so that relief agencies could gain
"immediate and unhindered access" to evacuate desperate civilians
trapped in towns and cities increasingly under siege.

"I am extremely worried by reports that more than half a million
people remain trapped in Rural Damascus," Valerie Amos said in a
<"https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/Documents/Statement%20by%20ERC%20Valerie%20Amos%20on%20Syria%2013Sept2013.pdf">statement,
noting, for example that the UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is receiving "very disturbing reports"
from the town of Moadamyieh, which is just a few kilometres from the
capital

"It is reported that the town has been besieged for the last 10
months, suffering daily shelling and armed clashes between Government
and opposition groups," says Ms. Amos, adding that UN humanitarian
agencies have been unable to deliver supplies for nearly a year,
despite repeated attempts, due to security constraints.

Most of the 70,000 population of the area has fled but some 12,000
people remain trapped, unable to get enough food for their families.
There are cases of severe malnutrition among children, as well as the
spread of skin and respiratory diseases, she said.

As the "horrendous" crisis has continued to deepen with civilians
being targeted or denied access to food and emergency medical
treatment in many places across Syria, Ms. Amos urged all parties to
agree a pause in hostilities to allow humanitarian agencies immediate
and unhindered access to evacuate the wounded and provide life-saving
treatment and supplies in areas where fighting is ongoing. "Civilians
must be allowed to move to safer areas," she said.

"I would remind the Government and other parties to this conflict once
again that they have an obligation under international human rights
and international humanitarian law to protect civilians and allow
neutral, impartial humanitarian organizations safe access to all
people in need," she said.Sep 13 2013 3:00PM
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