UN Security Council renews authorization of cross-border humanitarian access to Syria

Michele J. Sison (R, Front), U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 19, 2017. The UN Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution to renew authorization of cross-border and cross-line humanitarian access to Syria for a further period of 12 months till Jan. 10, 2019. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)