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You are here: Home / Editors choice / UN Admits Sending Humanitarian Assistance Past its Expiry Date to Madaya and Zabadani

UN Admits Sending Humanitarian Assistance Past its Expiry Date to Madaya and Zabadani

24-October-2015 By admin2

epa04055258 A handout photo released by Syria's official state news agency Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) distributing food parcels to residents of al-Yarmouk refugee Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria, 04 February 2014. According to SANA, for the sixth day in a row, humanitarian aid continues to be distributed in al-Yarmouk Camp in Damascus with more people being evacuated for medical reasons. Over 4,300 food baskets have been distributed and 2,500 people with medical conditions have been evacuated.  EPA/SANA HANDOUT  HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

The UN has admitted that it accidentally sent hundreds of boxes of biscuits which had passed their expiry date into the cities of al-Zabadani and Madaya last week.

The two cities were sent humanitarian assistance on 18/10/2015, due to an agreement signed between battalions of the armed opposition and representatives of the Iranian government.

(Read also: Relief enters Madaya and al-Fou’ah)

Ya’qoob al-Hilo, the UN representative of Syria, said that 320 biscuit boxes out of 650 which were sent to Madaya and al-Zabadani had passed their expiry date, and that this was a human error they were very sorry for. He also said that the UN team in Syria were dealing with this issue very seriously, and that they were working with their humanitarian partners in Syria to investigate the issue.

Several human rights organisations have raised issues with the way that humanitarian assistance is being given out by the UN in Syria, especially after a large number of humanitarian assistance was found in military camps of the Syrian regime after the armed opposition had seized control of them, and after credible sources were published on the selling and swapping of humanitarian aid in areas supportive of the Syrian regime.

Filed Under: Editors choice, Statements Tagged With: aid, al-Fou'ah, humanitarian assistance, Madaya, UN

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