{"id":5947,"date":"2018-05-31T12:21:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T12:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5947-un-aid-chief-highlights-2-million-syrians-in-greatest-need\/"},"modified":"2018-05-31T12:21:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T12:21:24","slug":"un-aid-chief-highlights-2-million-syrians-in-greatest-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/5947-un-aid-chief-highlights-2-million-syrians-in-greatest-need\/","title":{"rendered":"UN aid chief highlights 2 million Syrians in greatest need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less than 20 per cent of the \u201cdesperate\u201d civilians living in Syria\u2019s hard-to-reach areas have got the humanitarian aid they need so far this year, a senior United Nations official warned on Tuesday, calling for the Security Council to help ease their plight.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Less than 20 per cent of the \u201cdesperate\u201d civilians living in Syria\u2019s hard-to-reach areas have got the humanitarian aid they need so far this year, a senior United Nations official warned on Tuesday, calling for the Security Council to help ease their plight.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cThose two million people, in places like northern rural Homs, Douma and southern Damascus, are some of the most desperate in the country,\u201d Mark Lowcock, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, said during his briefing to the 15-member body.<\/h4>\n<h4>Only six inter-agency convoys have reached those areas since January, providing relief for 169,000 people, which is \u201cless than 20 per cent of the people we would like to be reaching,\u201d he added.<\/h4>\n<h4>There had been almost 200,000 people who reportedly stayed in the Damascus suburb throughout the fighting. 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