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UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos arrived in Syria Saturday amid a flurry of aid meetings underway in the conflict-torn country.
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The global response to the horrific typhoon disaster in the Philippines gathered pace, with the launch of a USD 300 million appeal by the United Nations as countries and companies swung into action.
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A top UN official said that clashes among an estimated 2,000 armed opposition groups in Syria have made it much harder for the international humanitarian relief workers to work in the war-torn country.
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UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos visited Syria to look at ways to strengthen UN`s ongoing relief efforts in the nation and support its staff who continued to work in a challenging environment.
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UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus Thursday for talks with government officials, a UN source said.
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The UN says more than 93,000 people have died in the Syrian conflict since March 2011.
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UN has asked Syrian government to permit the agency to import fuel so as to continue the aid work there.
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The number of Syrians displaced domestically has risen from one million in March 2012 to 2.5 million in August, Valerie Amos said.
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As the battle in Syria rages, a senior aide in President Bashar al-Assad`s regime has flown to China to discuss the ongoing Syrian crisis.
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Valerie Amos arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday for a four-day visit to the insurgency-hit country.
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The UN humanitarian chief on Wednesday entered the shattered Syrian district of Baba Amr.
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The UN says at least 750000 people have fled Libya since the conflict erupted in mid-Feb.
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