UN envoy says U.S. sanctions on Syria shouldn't block humanitarian assistance
STORY: UN envoy says U.S. sanctions on Syria shouldn't block humanitarian assistance
DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:53
LOCATION: Damascus
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of street views in Syria (file)
2. SOUNDBITE (English): GEIR PEDERSEN, UN Special Envoy for Syria
3. various of meeting between Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen
STORYLINE:
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said in Damascus on Wednesday that the U.S.-led Western sanctions on Syria shouldn't block humanitarian assistance as 90 percent of Syrians live in poverty.
SOUNDBITE (English): GEIR PEDERSEN, UN Special Envoy for Syria
"There are no UN sanctions against Syria. There are American sanctions. There are EU sanctions. And of course, these are all in the topic that we are discussing with the Syrian government and also with others. As I repeated to the Security Council on Tuesday, it's important that when it comes to humanitarian assistance, we make sure that sanctions are
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