HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING
BY MARTIN NESIRKY, SPOKESPERSON FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON
TUESDAY, 31 DECEMBER 2013
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U.N. CALLS FOR URGENT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN SYRIA
· The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) says it has received reports that at least five Palestinian refugees in the besieged refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus have died because of malnutrition, bringing the total number of reported deaths to fifteen.
· The situation has progressively deteriorated for some 20,000 Palestinians trapped inside Yarmouk, where the Agency has been unable to enter the area to deliver desperately needed relief supplies since September.
· The Relief and Works Agency urgently asks all parties to immediately heed their legal obligations and facilitate the urgent provision of humanitarian assistance to Yarmouk and other Palestinian refugee camps.
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Document Type: Highlights of the Noon Briefing, Press briefing
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Country: Syria
Subject: Assistance, Closures/Curfews/Blockades, Food, Health, Humanitarian relief, Living conditions, Middle East situation, Refugee camps, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 31/12/2013