.- The Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, today again urged the Syrian authorities to allow access into the country to UN officials. "If you are concerned about the reports that are taking place about what happens inside should allow access to check on the ground," Amos said in a meeting with reporters at the UN headquarters.
According to estimates by human rights activists, since last March when protests erupted against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, died nearly a thousand people, mostly civilians, and thousands more have been arrested. In that sense, Amos today reiterated its concern about the violence in Syria, lamented the lack of authoritative information and criticized the international organizations remain without access to provide humanitarian assistance.
The UN official recalled that the refusal of the authorities of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, had to postpone and finally cancel the humanitarian mission intended to visit Deraa and other cities of the country. The Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted by the UN on 29 April, a resolution sponsored by the United States condemning the crackdown on protests in Syria and decided to send a humanitarian fact-finding mission to the Arab country.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in early May that Syrian authorities had denied access to that mission to various parts of the country, but who had agreed to facilitate it. 
According to estimates by human rights activists, since last March when protests erupted against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, died nearly a thousand people, mostly civilians, and thousands more have been arrested. In that sense, Amos today reiterated its concern about the violence in Syria, lamented the lack of authoritative information and criticized the international organizations remain without access to provide humanitarian assistance.
The UN official recalled that the refusal of the authorities of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, had to postpone and finally cancel the humanitarian mission intended to visit Deraa and other cities of the country. The Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted by the UN on 29 April, a resolution sponsored by the United States condemning the crackdown on protests in Syria and decided to send a humanitarian fact-finding mission to the Arab country.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in early May that Syrian authorities had denied access to that mission to various parts of the country, but who had agreed to facilitate it.
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