It said the 2014 resolution that first allowed the aid “remains as critical now as it was six years ago ... and should remain free from politics." The resolution in theory only concerns U.N. aid, which amounts to about 30% of the aid going into the northwest, said Munzer Khalil, the head of the health directorate in Idlib province. But other aid groups and donor countries would be affected by a reduction because they mostly use the U.N. umbrella and logistics. “The biggest concern for me is the number of people who (could) die because of hunger and lack of potable water and medicine. Bread now costs five times what it did seven months ago, putting it out of reach for many.

Source: International New York Times July 09, 2020 17:15 UTC