02:05UN: Aleppo situation is 'terrifying' - UN Emergency Relief Coordinator O'Brien
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Stephen O'Brien reported "terrifying" humanitarian conditions in Aleppo, at a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, on Monday.
Stephen O'Brien stated, "Humanitarian conditions in eastern Aleppo have gone from terrible to terrifying and now barely survivable by human beings." He stressed, "Let me be clear: we are not just seeing a resumption of violence in Aleppo, this is not business as usual. What has been unleashed on civilians this past week is yet another low in an unrelenting inhuman onslaught, and it is as heart-breaking as it is not inevitable. These parties to the conflict are, all of them, choosing to do this. It is civilians who pay the price."
World Health Organisation's representative in Syria Elizabeth Hoff, speaking via a video link, from Damascus reported to the UN Security Council, "Health care services in Syria have been devastated over half the country's public hospitals and primary health care centers are either closed or only partially functioning."
Aleppo is facing some of the fiercest battles it has seen since the beginning of the conflict, following the collapse of the ceasefire. Medical groups and human rights activists have highlighted the plight of the residents as the war continues with renewed intensity in the city.
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02:05SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV
UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Stephen O'Brien reported "terrifying" humanitarian conditions in Aleppo, at a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, on Monday.
Stephen O'Brien stated, "Humanitarian conditions in eastern Aleppo have gone from terrible to terrifying and now barely survivable by human beings." He stressed, "Let me be clear: we are not just seeing a resumption of violence in Aleppo, this is not business as usual. What has been unleashed on civilians this past week is yet another low in an unrelenting inhuman onslaught, and it is as heart-breaking as it is not inevitable. These parties to the conflict are, all of them, choosing to do this. It is civilians who pay the price."
World Health Organisation's representative in Syria Elizabeth Hoff, speaking via a video link, from Damascus reported to the UN Security Council, "Health care services in Syria have been devastated over half the country's public hospitals and primary health care centers are either closed or only partially functioning."
Aleppo is facing some of the fiercest battles it has seen since the beginning of the conflict, following the collapse of the ceasefire. Medical groups and human rights activists have highlighted the plight of the residents as the war continues with renewed intensity in the city.
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