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Valerie Amos - UN Under Sec-Gen for Humanitarian Affairs

Stephen Sackur speaks to Valerie Amos, head of the UN's humanitarian affairs operation. With 12 million people in dire need of aid, is Syria an international humanitarian failure?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Valerie Amos, head of the UN's humanitarian affairs operation.

The scale of humanitarian suffering in Syria is impossible to capture in words when delivered from the comfort of a television studio - 12 million people are in dire need of emergency aid. And what of the international response? Is Syria part of a wider story of international humanitarian failure?

30 minutes

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Valerie Amos

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