UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy said that intensive diplomacy was going on to try to agree a humanitarian pause in the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo, and he hoped to see an agreement for a comprehensive humanitarian plan in the next few days.
"We are in intensive discussions with the Russian Federation and the government of Syria to ensure that the civilian population in Aleppo is protected and that standards of international humanitarian law are respected in any operation of humanitarian assistance," Reuters cited Ramzy as saying.
UN humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said Russia's proposal was limited and said the UN was ready with a much more comprehensive operation to take aid to the 250,000 civilians blockaded inside eastern Aleppo and to evacuate those who wanted to leave, including the wounded.
