(Source: UN - United Nations) The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General. Good afternoon everyone. **Kuwait Conference The Secretary-General this morning spoke at the third pledging conference for Syria taking place in Kuwait. The Secretary-General said that four out of five Syrians live in poverty, misery and deprivation. The country has lost nearly four decades of human development. He reminded the audience that Syrian people are the victims of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time but that they are not asking for sympathy. They are asking for help. He stressed that the best humanitarian solution to end...
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