Wednesday, July 17, 2013

United Nations: 5,000 Are Now Being Killed Every Month In Syria



Syria Crisis Worst Since Rwanda, UN Says -- Al Jazeera

At least 6,000 people flee every day, 5,000 die a month and conflict is merging with violence in Iraq, officials warn.

Six thousand people are fleeing Syria every day as the conflict intensifies and merges with violence in neighbouring Iraq, United Nations officials have said.

The warnings were given on Tuesday at a rare public briefing of the UN's Security Council in New York

The High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, told the meeting that the organisation had "not seen a refugee outflow escalate at such a frightening rate since the Rwandan genocide almost 20 years ago".

Ivan Simonovic, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, told the meeting that at least 92,901 people were killed in Syria - among them more than 6,500 children - between March 2011 and the end of April 2013.

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More News On The Bloodshed In Syria

UN Says 5,000 Syrians Killed Every Month -- AP
Syrian Refugees Flee War At Rate Not Seen Since Rwandan Genocide, UN Says -- Reuters
Syria death toll hits 5,000 a month -- Global Post/AFP
UN: 5,000 people die in Syria a month, conflict is deteriorating -- RT
UN Says 5,000 Killed Each Month In Syrian Civil War -- Radio Free Europe
UN says Syria refugee crisis worst since Rwanda -- BBC
Syrians fleeing at rate 'not seen since Rwanda' -- France 24
Syria refugee crisis as bad as Rwanda genocide, UN says -- The Telegraph
Syrians fleeing war at rate not seen since Rwandan genocide-UN -- Reuters
UN: Syrian conflict is the worst humanitarian crisis in nearly 20 years -- Euronews
UN Officials: War Crimes Now 'The Rule' in Syria -- Voice of America
UN Official Warns Syrian Fighting Could Ignite Mideast -- Voice of America
Syria at risk of sliding further into chaos, senior UN officials tell Security Council -- UN News Centre

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