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By Mohammad
Saba'aneh
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9 March 2014 – Violence has again disrupted
efforts to deliver aid to a besieged camp on the outskirts of Damascus, the
United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees across the Middle East
warned today, as UN and other humanitarian agencies launched a global campaign
demanding immediate access to all civilians in war-torn Syria trapped by the
violence.
Spokesperson Christopher Gunness said the
UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
received credible reports that although substantially reduced in intensity,
clashes and shelling have continued in Yarmouk camp for the past two days.
“Ongoing hostilities have now prevented
UNRWA from distributing humanitarian assistance in Yarmouk for nine consecutive
days,” he said, underscoring the agency's deep concern about the desperate
humanitarian situation in the camp and the fact that repeated resort to armed
force has, over the previous nine days, disrupted its efforts to alleviate the
desperate plight of civilians.
