American official meets with NGOs in northwestern Syria
ARK News… The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield, met with non-governmental organizations providing humanitarian aid in northwestern Syria.
A statement by the US Mission to the United Nations said that Ambassador Greenfield met with senior executives from CARE, the International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps and Save the Children.
Non-governmental organization officials briefed the US ambassador on "the humanitarian crisis inside Syria, which was exacerbated by the earthquake last February," stressing "the importance of extending and expanding the United Nations cross-border assistance mechanism."
According to the US mission's statement, the organizations' officials stressed "the need for a resolution restoring permits for the delivery of United Nations shipments across the border for a period of 12 months, through all three crossing points currently in use."
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