(Vatican Radio) Efforts to break a deadlock between Syrian government and rebel negotiators
continue in Geneva, as talks enter their final day. The humanitarian situation in
the war-torn country continues to be dire.
The UN’s Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos described
the situation in a recent interview with the BBC. “[There are] 250 thousand people
living in besieged communities,” Amos said, adding, “[there are] over 3 million people
in hard to reach communities.”
UN estimates say a total of 9 million people
are in need of some form of assistance in Syria, while as many as 3 million others
have been driven to flee the country. Debate in the UN Security Council has made a
new resolution on the crisis thus far elusive. Listen: