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Valerie Amos - UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

08/04/2015 GMT

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs - Valerie Amos

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Is Syria part of a wider story of international humanitarian failure?

The scale of humanitarian suffering in Syria is impossible to capture in words delivered from the comfort of a radio studio - 12 million people are in dire need of emergency aid. Hardtalk speaks to Valerie Amos, head of the UN's humanitarian affairs operation. Is Syria part of a wider story of international humanitarian failure?

(Photo: Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. Credit: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images)

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