Syria Authorizes U.N. Use of Border Crossing for Aid, Giving Itself Oversight

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : In a letter submitted to the United Nations and the Security Council, Syria said it would allow the United Nations access to the crossing for six months "in full cooperation and coordination" with the Syrian government.
56% : "The coordination and cooperation with the U.N. has always been there and will be there," Bassam al-Sabbagh, Syria's ambassador to the United Nations, told reporters.
54% : The United Nations said on Thursday it was studying Syria's letter and the potential effects on its aid delivery operations.
46% : Syria announced on Thursday that it would give state approval for the United Nations to deliver humanitarian aid into rebel-held northern areas through a contentious border crossing with Turkey, effectively giving President Bashar al-Assad's government control over all aid deliveries to the northern areas of the country.
45% : But without U.N. monitoring, control of this critical lifeline has been handed to the man responsible for the Syrian people's suffering," Barbara Woodward, the United Kingdom's ambassador to the United Nations, who holds the monthly rotating presidency of the Council this month, said in a statement.

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