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TunisiaSyria: EU takes emergency humanitarian initiative for Aleppo
October 3, 2016
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The EU announced on Sunday that it is taking an urgent humanitarian initiative for Aleppo “aimed at allowing humanitarian organisations to do their work and civilians to be rescued and protected.” In a statement by its High Representative for foreign affairs Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, the EU called on all parties to the conflict to support and facilitate this initiative.
The initiative, taken in cooperation with the UN, consists of two main elements:
– Facilitating the urgent delivery of basic life-saving assistance to civilians in East Aleppo covering medical, water and food needs. An inter-aid agency convoy stands ready to move from West to East Aleppo drawing on prepositioned stocks made possible also through EU first line response funding. This convoy can deliver aid to a maximum of 130,000 people.
– In parallel and simultaneously, ensuring the medical evacuations of wounded and sick from Eastern Aleppo in urgent need of medical care, with a focus on women, children and the elderly.
The EU calls on all parties to urgently provide the necessary authoritisations for aid delivery and for medical evacuations to proceed. It affirms its readiness to facilitate and support the evacuation and referral of patients to the adequate medical facilities in the region and if needed to Europe for specialised medical care not available in the region.
The EU is also mobilising a EUR 25 million emergency aid package to support and scale up the first line response of its humanitarian partners to cover urgent medical, water and sanitation, and food assistance in Aleppo and in other priority areas across the country. (EU Neighbourhood Info)
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EU Neighbourhood Info Centre – Syria: Commissioner Stylianides calls for safe access for humanitarian aid in Aleppo (29-09-2016)
European Commission – Factsheet – The European Union and Syria
European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – Syrian crisis factsheet
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