Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Syrian Arab Republic
OCHA Operations Director, John Ging, has described how Syrian authorities are actively obstructing already constrained aid efforts, and has repeated a call for the international community to find an urgent political solution to the crisis. Speaking upon his return this week from the war-torn country, Mr Ging criticized the government’s refusal to allow UN agencies to enter opposition controlled areas from neighboring countries, requiring them instead to make perilous trips across conflict lines.