IASC Weekly meeting (GVA): Country Focus - Syria
Geneva
Meeting Documents
1. Country Focus: Syria
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, will brief on the humanitarian situation in Syria and the response of the humanitarian community.
Background:
Humanitarian concern for Syria continues as the civil unrest enters its eighth month. According to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, security forces have killed more than 2,900 people. Thousands of others have been injured, displaced or detained since mid-March. A UN humanitarian mission, which was led by OCHA and took place in late August, concluded that the humanitarian situation in Syria could be characterised as having pockets of humanitarian needs, but that they together could not be described as a country-wide humanitarian crisis urgently requiring international assistance. However, the humanitarian situation may further deteriorate. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has served as Resident Coordinator in Syria since May 2008 and was designated Humanitarian Coordinator in August this year. Prior to this, he held various positions with UNICEF, including UNICEF Deputy Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa (Nairobi), Director of UNICEF's Change Management Unit (New York) and UNICEF Representative in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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