UN SENIOR OFFICIALS ISSUE URGENT CALL TO END BLOODSHED IN SYRIA

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UN SENIOR OFFICIALS ISSUE URGENT CALL TO END BLOODSHED IN SYRIA
New York, Apr 15 2013 5:00PM
In a joint appeal for an urgent political solution to the prolonged
crisis in Syria which has killed some 70,000 people, the heads of five
United Nations agencies today called on political leaders to meet
their responsibility to the people of Syria and to the future of the
region.

"After so many families torn apart and communities razed, schools and
hospitals wrecked and water systems ruined […] there still seems to be
an insufficient sense of urgency among the governments and parties
that could put a stop to the cruelty and carnage in Syria," they said.

In an article published in the New York Times, Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, Executive Director of the
World Food Programme (WFP) Ertharin Cousin, UN High Commissioner for
Refugees António Guterres, Executive Director of the UN Children's
Fund (UNICEF) Anthony Lake, and the Director-General of the World
Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, said their agencies are
working at overcapacity to help those affected by the violence, but
stressed that finding a solution to the conflict is the only way to
stop the growing needs of the population.

"We ask that they use their collective influence to insist on a
political solution to this horrendous crisis before hundreds of
thousands more people lose their homes and lives and futures — in a
region already at the tipping point," they urged.

More than five million people have been displaced by the conflict
which began over two years ago with UN agencies fulfilling basic
needs. In the past few weeks, the agencies have separately warned that
their resources are running low, and added that without additional
funds they will be forced to scale back relief efforts.

Over a million refugees in neighbouring countries have been given
shelter while UN agencies have helped 5.5 million Syrians get access
to food, water and sanitation as well as basic health services,
including vaccinations to over 1.5 million children against measles
and polio.

"Our agencies and humanitarian partners have been doing all we can,"
the UN officials said. "But it has not nearly been enough. The needs
are growing while our capacity to do more is diminishing, due to
security and other practical limitations within Syria as well as
funding constraints. We are precariously close, perhaps within weeks,
to suspending some humanitarian support."

"Our appeal today is not for more resources, needed as they are. We
are appealing for something more important than funds," they said. "To
all involved in this brutal conflict and to all governments that can
influence them:

In the name of all those who have so suffered, and the many more whose
futures hang in the balance: Enough! Summon and use your influence,
now, to save the Syrian people and save the region from disaster."
Apr 15 2013 5:00PM
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