For information media - not an official record For updates and e-mail alerts, visit UN NEWS CENTRE atwww.un.org/newsIssue DH/7152Thursday, 5 May 2016 In the headlines: • Syria: UN relief chief calls for proe into air stri!es that left do"ens dead in #dle• $t World %umanitarian Summit, leaders must ta!e &old decisions' for real chan(e ) UN• $t climate summit in Washin(ton, UN officials call to ta!e action &to the ne*t level'• +n #nternational ay, UN spotli(hts role of midives in achievin( development tar(ets • .emen: UN-mediated peace tal!s continuin( amid &orryin(' reaches of the cessation of hostilities • /alm oil pushes (loal food prices up in $pril0 cereal production outloo! improves ) UN• %and-ashin( &entrance door' for reducin( health- care infections ) UN• Challen(es to peace accord &cast shado' on 1osnia and %er"e(ovina's pro(ress, Security Council told• %umanitarian operations to support /alestinian refu(ees continue near Syrian capital ) UN a(ency • 1an appoints 2alian national as Special Representative for UN 3uinea-1issau officeyria: !" relie# $hie# $alls #or %ro&e into air stri'es that le#t do(ens dead in Idle& 5 May– The top United Nations humanitari an official has called for an immediate, impartial and independent investigation into the air strikes in that today left dozes of civilians dead and injured in the northern Syrian governorate of Idle, !hich, if found to e delierate, could amount to a !ar crime" #$orrified and sickened% y the ne!s of civilians killed y airstrikes that hit t!o settlements !here displaced people had sought sanctuary, Stephen &'(rien, Under)Secretary)*eneral for $umanitarian +ffairs, said#+ll parties to this appalling conflict should understand that they !ill one day e held accountale for violations of international humanitarian and human rights la!"% $e said that initial reports indicate that at least -. people !ere killed, and over /. injured, among them many !omen and children, !hile dozens of tents !ere destroyed or adly damaged" With modern technology, there is little room for error#0odern military technol ogy means that there is little room for error,% he said, noting that if this #oscene% attack is found to e a delierate targeting of a civilian structure, it could amount to a !ar crime" 1ontinued fighting and airstrikes mean that vulnerale, frightened children, !omen and men have no!here safe to go" UN vehicles, carrying a humanitarian aid team, pass a destroyed overbridge on their way to Idleb City, capital of Idleb Governorate, Syria, in October 2!"# $hoto% UNIC&'()ougabe *oslengar +fileUN Daily News
