UN / SYRIA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE

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The United Nations (UN) has completed the 200th cross-border mission to north-west Syria since the first inter-agency visit to Idleb, that took place on February 14th, following the earthquake that hit that month, said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

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DATELINE: 29 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

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29 AUGUST 2023, NEW YORK CITY

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“I will start off with a humanitarian update on Syria, where our colleagues from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs inform us that we have completed the 200th cross-border mission to north-west Syria since the first inter-agency visit to Idleb, that took place on February 14th, following the earthquake that hit that month. During the mission that took place on Sunday and crossed through Bab al-Salam, World Health Organization personnel conducted monitoring visits to health facilities and WHO warehouses in Afrin and Azaz in the northwest and they also met with their local partners. We and our humanitarian partners are continuing to deliver urgently needed aid through the Bab al-Salam and Al-Ra’ee crossings. Today, 17 trucks carrying humanitarian shelter items from the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency crossed into the north-West via Bab al-Salam.”
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The UN has completed the 200th cross-border mission to north-west Syria since the first inter-agency visit to Idleb, that took place on February 14th, following the earthquake that hit that month, said a UN Spokesperson.

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today (29 Aug) gave reporters a humanitarian update on Syria.

Dujarric said that during the mission that took place on Sunday (27 Aug) and crossed through Bab al-Salam, World Health Organization (WHO) personnel conducted monitoring visits to health facilities and WHO warehouses in Afrin and Azaz in the northwest and they also met with their local partners.

“We and our humanitarian partners are continuing to deliver urgently needed aid through the Bab al-Salam and Al-Ra’ee crossings,” the Spokesperson added.

He also said, that today, 17 trucks carrying humanitarian shelter items from the International Organization for Migration and the UN Refugee Agency crossed into the north-West via Bab al-Salam.
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