If there is a deal in Doha, the United States and its partners are prepared to help quickly carry out assistance projects.
(News Note) Airlifts carry humanitarian assistance to Bunia, DRC 16 May 2003 - Since Sunday 11 May 2003, UNICEF has been involved in regular airlifts of essential humanitarian aid to Bunia, as an immediate response to the acute on-going crisis.
Airlifts carry humanitarian assistance to Bunia, DRC 16 May 2003 - Since Sunday 11 May 2003, UNICEF has been involved in regular airlifts of essential humanitarian aid to Bunia, as an immediate response to the acute on-going crisis.
Within 24 hours, the first truck carrying assistance was deployed.
TARTUS, Syria -- In a setback for a United Nations-brokered aid effort, a convoy carrying humanitarian assistance to civilians trapped in the center of the Syrian city of Homs on Saturday was met with gunfire and shelling, breaking a cease-fire.
The military-escorted convoy said to be carrying humanitarian assistance for the Russian-speaking inhabitants of Donetsk and Luhansk, the rebels' other besieged redoubt, "would be unjustified and illegal" without the consent of the Ukrainian government in Kiev, a statement from British Prime Minister David Cameron's office warned Moscow.
Despite the obstacles, UNICEF Syria is currently facilitating the movement of four trucks carrying humanitarian assistance, armoured UNICEF vehicles and an armoured ambulance across the border into Lebanon.
And the Syrians, he said, were retraining the UN agencies to carry out humanitarian assistance differently, and in a better way.
"Congressman Paul is delighted to accept the endorsement of Senator Kent Sorenson, whose blessing and assistance carry a great deal of weight in Iowa," said Jesse Benton, chairman of the Paul campaign.
