UN tackles cross-border Syrian aid

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A statement on the humanitarian crisis in Syria which could include a controversial call to allow cross-border aid missions is the main agenda of the United Nations (UN) Security Council talks on September 30. Council members Australia and Luxembourg are pressing for the statement to follow up on a landmark Security Council resolution passed Friday, allowing the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons. The US says Syria is now the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis with more than two million refugees outside the country and almost 6 million displaced inside. The future of the statement will depend on the stance of Russia, the key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.


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