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UN chief says one million people displaced in Syrian uprising | | United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has said that
at least one million people have been displaced in Syria during a 13-month uprising aimed at unseating President Bashar-al Assad's government. "We are very much concerned
that at least one million people have been displaced inside Syria and there are
still many Syrian refugees in neighboring countries," Ban said. His remark's came
after a meeting with peace envoy Kofi Annan in Geneva , The Courier Mail reports.
According to the report, Ban said UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos will host
a meeting in the Swiss city next Friday to begin the task of giving aid to Syria
's needy. "I hope that (it) will be able to mobilise the necessary humanitarian
resources so that all needy people will be able to get the necessary humanitarian
assistance," the report quoted him, as saying.
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