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WorldPosted at: Nov 16 2018 7:46PM


UN sees ‘rare’ victory for humanitarian diplomacy in Syria

United Nations, Nov 16 (UNI) Following successful delivery of lifesaving aid to tens of thousands of displaced Syrians in the ‘desolate’ area around Rukban camp last week, the United Nations is working urgently to send another convoy of supplies by mid-December, Jan Egeland, Senior Advisor to the UN Special Envoy on Yemen said.
Mr Egeland painted a harrowing picture of the situation in the desert region, where the UN has been trying to reach 40,000 to 50,000 since early this year. Calling it one of the most 'desolate places on earth', he said that between 3 and 8 November, 78 trucks were able to navigate through 'some of the most dangerous areas of Syria,' to deliver food, health and sanitary items, and water purification for all the population for at least a month, United Nations news said.
At the same time, he said "despite some rare moments of feeling that we achieved, through humanitarian diplomacy, what we have so many times before failed to," he had learned of the 'horrific protection challenges' people living inside the camp close to the border with Jordan, faced during a meeting of the UN-backed Humanitarian Task Force in Geneva.
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