Syria
Said
to Let in 62
Int'l Staff,
Block Some
from US,
France, UK,
Canada &
Australia
By
Matthew
Russell Lee,
Partial
exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS, July
23 -- As the
UN on Monday
sent the Press
its Syria
Humanitarian
Bulletin,
there was some
information
not mentioned
in
it.
Some
non-governmental
organizations
have urged
Inner City
Press to ask
the
UN Office for
the
Coordination
of
Humanitarian
Affairs about
what
they say is
the Assad
government's
"total"
blockage of
international
staffers, of
which they say
they also
suffer.
They told
Inner City
Press that the
government
told OCHA aid
can only be
delivered by
and through
Syrian
nationals.
But
Inner City
Press has
since
exclusively
learned it is
the UN's
(silent)
position that
Assad has let
in at least 62
international
humanitarians,
while they say
blocking
staffers from
five
countries:
the US,
France, UK,
Canada and
Australia.
These
blockages are
not
total, they
say, other
staffers from
those same
five countries
are
in.
While
there is an
argument for
sweeping the
whole thing
under the
carpet,
this is
inconsistent
with the
shrill and
often
ill-informed
communications
strategy
including on
Syria of other
parts of the
UN
system.
Meanwhile
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon and
his head of
Peacekeeping
Herve Ladsous
are said to be
"sitting on"
the UNSMIS
reported on
the killing as
Houla, several
Security
Council
members have
complained to
Inner City
Press.
If you
are going to
give "news,"
you should do
so
even handedly
and report
what you know.
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