UNITED NATIONS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 15th November, 2019) More than half of the population in Syria - over 11 million people - are in need of humanitarian assistance, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said during a UN Security Council meeting.
"As the conflict in Syria evolves, one fact remains: it is the people of Syria who continue to bear the consequences of eight-and-a-half years of war," Lowcock said on Thursday. "Across the country, more than 11 million remain in need of humanitarian assistance. That's more than half the estimated population."
Lowcock said the United Nations and other humanitarian actors deliver aid through all possible avenues, and have been able to reach an average of 5.6 million people a month across Syria in 2019.
The UN Under-Secretary-General also said the United Nations conducted more than 5,500 delivery missions in Syria between January and September despite administrative and security challenges.
A record 1.1 million people were provided food in October through cross-border deliveries, as well as the operation from Turkey has grown by more than 40 percent since January, Lawcock added.
