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| U.N., OIC Experts in Syria on Humanitarian Mission |
| 2012-03-19 |
| [An Nahar] Technical experts from the U.N. and Organization of Islamic Cooperation are in Syria on a mission to assess the humanitarian impact of its year-long bloodshed, a senior OIC official said on Sunday. "The joint OIC-U.N. mission entered Syria on Friday to carry out an evaluation of humanitarian aid," on a mission led by the Syrian government, its assistant secretary general, Atta al-Mannan Bakhit, told Agence La Belle France Presse. He said the mission, with three OIC experts in the team, would cover 15 cities, after which a report would be submitted to the Saudi-based Islamic grouping and the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... on the humanitarian needs of the Syrian population. The duration of the mission to devastated protest hubs was unclear. U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos, who held talks in Damascus ...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world... earlier this month, has said the experts would join the assessment mission to Daraa, Homs, Hama, Tartus, Latakia, Aleppo ...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins... , Deir Ezzor and rural zones around Damascus. The U.N. experts and staff of the 57-member OIC would "accompany the mission and take the opportunity to gather information on the overall humanitarian situation and observe first-hand the conditions in various towns and cities," she said. |
| Posted by:Fred |