February 13, 2023 / 08:40 AM IST
United States advises UN vote to authorize more help access to Syria through Turkey
– The United States on February 12 required the United Nations Security Council to “vote instantly” to license the shipment of U.N. help to rebel-held northwest Syria through more border crossings from Turkey after recently’s fatal earthquake.
– “Right now, every hour matters,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said in a declaration.
– U.N. help chief Martin Griffiths, who remains in Turkey and is will go to Syria quickly, informed Sky News that he would ask the Security Council to license help gain access to through 2 more border crossings, arguing there is “an extremely clear humanitarian case.”