Syria Aid Access: Russia, China join UN council rebuke

According to UN,11-month government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Syria has left over 7,500 civilians dead.


Reuters March 02, 2012

UNITED NATIONS: Russia and China joined other UN Security Council members on Thursday in expressing disappointment at Damascus’ failure to allow UN humanitarian aid chief Valerie Amos to visit Syria and urged that she be allowed in immediately, France said. The 15 nations on the council also said in a unanimously agreed statement that they “deplore” the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country, where an 11-month government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters has left over 7,500 civilians dead, according to the United Nations.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 2nd, 2012.

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