{"id":70538,"date":"2016-05-13T14:05:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T14:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=b8ba14abc31a81a0da17a5f787cd7009"},"modified":"2016-05-13T14:05:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T14:05:22","slug":"press-release-justine-greening-statement-on-syrian-authorities-refusal-to-allow-aid-into-daraya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=70538","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Justine Greening statement on Syrian authorities refusal to allow aid into Daraya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Responding to reports that a vital humanitarian aid convoy to the besieged town of Daraya in Syria was blocked yesterday by the Syrian regime, UK Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The shocking refusal by Syrian authorities for the delivery of medical assistance and nutrition items for children from a humanitarian convoy to the besieged town of Daraya yesterday is unacceptable and in violation of International Humanitarian Law.<\/p>\n<p>For nearly four years, Daraya has been besieged, cut off from humanitarian assistance in any form. To prevent delivery of life-saving supplies goes against earlier guarantees and approvals obtained from the Syrian authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Access to medical treatment is not a privilege it is a fundamental right. Immediate and sustained humanitarian access to reach all people in need in Syria must be a priority. It should not be subject to negotiation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"notes-to-editors\">Notes to editors<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>The UK has committed over \u00a32.3 billion in humanitarian aid in response to the conflict in Syria.<\/li>\n<li>For more information about the UK\u2019s response to the crisis, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/world\/syria\">www.gov.uk\/government\/world\/syria<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Development Secretary responds to reports of vital humanitarian aid convoy to Daraya being blocked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}