UN SPECIAL ENVOY TO VISIT SYRIA
United Nations relief chief Valerie Amos will arrive in Syria on Wednesday to urge parties to the conflict to allow in humanitarian assistance, while the international envoy on the crisis, Kofi Annan, is due in the region to begin efforts to end the violence, it was announced today.
“The Syrian authorities have confirmed that I can visit Syria this week. I will arrive in Damascus on Wednesday 7 March and leave on Friday 9 March,” Ms. Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, said in a statement.