Emergency Deputy Coordinator Joyce Msuja informed the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian crisis in Syria, stressing that “75% of the population still needs humanitarian aid at this time”. Although conflicts have declined and the interim government’s contacts with international partners have increased, the situation is critical, he said and added that “over 7 million people remain displaced, while 414 people- one-third of them- were killed by ammunition”. Returns of refugees are growing, but as Mrs Msuya noted, “many of them are still based on humanitarian aid to rebuild their lives.” The health system, he noted, is extremely burdened. “About 60% of hospitals operate in Syria and the cholera epidemic threatens to expand due to drought and damaged infrastructure,” he said. Syria, he said, is experiencing “the worst drought season for more than three decades”, with 75% of the wheat crop in danger, […]
Source: News Beast
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