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Syria: UN chief calls on warring parties to put cessation of hostilities 'back on track'

New York, May 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the warring Syrian sides to immediately recommit to the cessation of hostilities and uphold their responsibility to protect civilians, his spokesman said on Monday.

'Monstrous disregard' for civilians, says UN rights chief, as hospitals bombed in Syria

New York, Apr 30 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations human rights chief on Friday said that the latest reports of civilian deaths and injuries in Syria, including bombings of marketplaces and medical facilities, reveal a “monstrous disregard for civilian lives by all parties to the conflict,” calling for urgent action by all relevant actors to resolve to help the people of Syria.

Syria: Airstrike destroys MSF-supported hospital in Aleppo killing 14

Aleppo, Apr 29 (IBNS) The bombing of the MSF-supported Al Quds hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday night has killed at least 14 people, including at least two doctors, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Friday.

Syria: human toll and suffering are 'sickening,’ UN relief chief tells Security Council

New York, Apr 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With hundreds of thousands of civilians killed, millions of people displaced and countless families torn apart, the UN relief chief on Thursday described the human toll and suffering in Syria as “sickening,” and said the global community should be “ashamed” that this is happening on its watch.

UNESCO team assesses damages to Syria's Palmyra world heritage site

New York, Apr 28 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has completed a visit to the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria as part of a technical rapid assessment mission to take preliminary stock of destruction at the World Heritage site.

Syria peace talks to continue ‘as planned’ into next week – UN envoy

New York, Apr 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The UN envoy mediating a resolution to the crisis in Syria on Friday announced that the latest round of peace talks will continue as planned through Wednesday, despite reports that the opposition delegation could suspend its official participation due to the lack of progress on the humanitarian front.

Syria: UN envoy to 'take stock' of peace talks by week's end

New York, Apr 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following reports that the opposition delegation had announced a pause in the intra-Syrian talks under way at United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, the UN envoy mediating a resolution to the crisis said on Monday that he plans on continuing discussions with all sides and take stock of the situation on Friday.

‘We need improvement,’ on humanitarian access, says UN envoy for Syria

New York, Apr 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The day after a new round of intra-Syrian talks began in Geneva, the United Nations envoy mediating a solution to the crisis reported on Thursday on the latest humanitarian assessment, stressing the need for improvement amidst a picture that is frustrating but not “completely negative.”

Next round of Intra-Syrian talks planned for 13 April – UN envoy

New York, Apr 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations mediator on the crisis in Syria said on Thursday that the next round of the peace talks will likely begin on Wednesday, 13 April, and is intended to be a concrete discussion leading to “a real beginning of a political transition.”

Syria: UN advisor warns of 'lost momentum' and frustration in humanitarian access talks

New York, Apr 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Diplomats are “very frustrated” about not being able to keep the early momentum in the humanitarian track of the intra-Syrian talks, a United Nations humanitarian mediator has warned.

Grim conditions in Syria despite greater access, UN aid chief warns Security Council

New York, Mar 31 (Just Earth News/IBNS): There are signs of humanitarian progress in Syria with more aid reaching those in urgent need, but conditions remain “dire” throughout the country with only 30 per cent of people in besieged areas reached and even fewer in hard-to-reach areas, the top United Nations humanitarian official said.

UNESCO chief welcomes the liberation of Syria's Palmyra world heritage site

New York, Mar 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday welcomed the liberation of the Palmyra archeological site, a martyr city inscribed on the agency's World Heritage list.

Syria: Water restored in Aleppo after a 48-day shutdown, UNICEF reports

New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A facility that provides drinking water to more than two million people in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo has resumed its operations over the weekend, following a 48-day deliberate shutdown, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported.

Syria: UN-mediated peace talks to resume on 9 March

New York, Mar 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura on Tuesday announced that intra-Syrian peace talks he has been mediating in Geneva will resume next Wednesday, 9 March.

UN warns of imminent humanitarian crisis in Greece amid disarry in Europe over asylum

New York, Mar 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Europe faces an imminent humanitarian crisis, largely of its own making, following a rapid build-up of people in already over-stretched Greece, the United Nations refugee agency warned on Tuesday.