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January 17, 2013

Syria Allows U.N. to Expand Food Aid 
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The United Nations says it has received permission from Syria to expand
efforts to feed the estimated 2.5 million people suffering from hunger
during Syria's internal crisis. On Wednesday, World Food Programme
Executive Director Ertharin Cousin says collaboration with local
partners could mean the delivery of aid to an additional one million
Syrians.

Ertharin Cousin: "What we did not have in the past was permission from
the government to formally develop relationships with additional NGO
partners. We have now been given that additional authority from the
government."

 

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