The United Nations said Wednesday it has already positioned supplies for the first convoys that will deliver aid from several neighboring countries to rebel-held areas in Syria, and hopes to reach 2.9 million people.
U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos and the heads of the World Food Program and the U.N. children's agency said in a joint statement that a Security Council resolution adopted Saturday authorizing cross-border aid deliveries "represents a breakthrough in our efforts to get aid to Syrians in need."
The council, in rare agreement on Syria, authorized U.N. agencies and aid organizations that assist them to deliver humanitarian assistance across conflict lines between government and rebel forces and through four border crossings — two in Turkey, one in Iraq and one in Jordan — without government approval. It authorized the United Nations to monitor the loading of all aid shipments in the three countries before they cross the Syrian border.
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