Don’t play ‘geopolitical games’ with vulnerable lives, urges UN Assembly President

Life-saving relief programmes should not be held hostage by political interests, the President of the General Assembly said on Wednesday, as Member States gathered to debate the use of the veto by a permanent member of the Security Council, that halted vital cross-border aid last week into northern Syria.

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Don’t play ‘geopolitical games’ with vulnerable lives, urges UN Assembly President

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