7324th meeting on the situation in the Middle East

In the four months since the adoption of resolution 2165 (2014), the United Nations had sent humanitarian aid to nearly all hard-to-reach locations in Syria’s four governorates, primarily through cross-border deliveries, but “considerable” challenges remained in accessing the most besieged areas, the Security Council heard today.
Briefing on the situation, Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, told the 15-member body that no more than two besieged locations had been reached in any month since the passage of that resolution and only one location had been reached in each of the past two months. The economy had contracted 40 per cent since 2011. Unemployment exceeded 54 per cent, and three quarters of the population now lived in poverty, with school attendance down more than 50 per cent.
The meeting began at 3:05 p.m. and ended at 3:24 p.m.