http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1306/S00188.htm UN announces largest ever humanitarian appeal Saturday, 8 June 2013, 1:25 pm Press Release: Save The Children UN announces largest ever humanitarian appeal The UN haslaunched a US$5 billion appeal for Syria, the largest emergency funding call in its history. Save the Children says gaining access to the millions of children trapped in Syria and at acute risk from the conflict must become the international community’s priority. Save the Children New Zealand Chief Executive Heather Hayden said, “What the UN announced today was the price tag of our collective political failure to end this conflict. But money alone will not be enough: the international community must make securing better access for aid agencies to the worst affected areas of Syria an urgent priority. It is the children of Syria who are bearing the real cost of this war. Growing numbers are being killed and maimed, denied education and forced to flee their homes.” [....]