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S/2018/138 18-02426 9/19 Figure III Inter-agency cross-line humanitarian operations, January 2018 0 people reached People reached in hard-to-reach areas 0 People reached in besieged areas 0 Cross-line convoys 0 0 % Proportion of people in hard - to-reach areas reached 0 % Proportion of people reached in besieged areas Number of people in hard-to-reach areas: 2.49 million Number of people in besieged areas: 417,556 Humanitarian response 24. United Nations humanitarian agencies and partners reached millions of people in need in January through all available access modalities, including (a) regular programming from within the Syrian Arab Republic, whereby humanitarian deliveries reached those in need without crossing conflict lines, (b) cross -line operations, whereby assistance from within the country was delivered across conflict lines and (c) cross-border deliveries, whereby assistance was provided to those in need from Jordan and Turkey (see table 1). In addition to the United Nations and its partners, NGOs continued to deliver life-saving assistance to people in need. Local authorities in many areas controlled by non-State armed opposition groups also continued to provide services where possible. Table 1 People reached by the United Nations and other organizations through all modalities in January 2018 Organization Number of people reached Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 20 000 International Organization for Migration 60 489 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2 688 000 United Nations Children’s Fund 1 300 000 United Nations Development Programme 105 178 United Nations Population Fund 330 000 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 360 000 World Food Programme 2 400 000 World Health Organization 826 00