U.N. aid chief Amos in Syria, heading to Homs [View all]
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Source: Reuters
6:11 a.m. CST, March 7, 2012
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos held talks in the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday and is on her way to the devastated city of Homs, a U.N. spokeswoman said.
"She just completed a meeting with the MFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and is now en route to Homs," Elisabeth Byrs, spokeswoman of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told Reuters in Geneva.
Amos, who was denied entry to Syria last week, arrived in the country on a three-day mission to try to persuade authorities to grant unhindered access for aid workers to deliver life-saving assistance to civilians.
The world body has been shut out of Syria, where the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is the only international agency allowed to deploy aid workers and provide food and medical supplies.
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