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The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. Despite the worsening security situation, UN agencies and partners continue to deliver assistance to people in need. In May WFP provided food assistance to 2.5 million people. Access of 2.4 million people to drinking water has been restored with UNICEF’s support. 1.7 million people have directly benefited from health interventions. A vaccination campaign by WHO and UNICEF reached more than 1 million children. Many of those who have received assistance are in areas under the control of armed opposition groups or in areas of active conflict. In May, 42 per cent of those who received food assistance lived in such areas. Delivery through cross-line inter-agency convoys continues. Since the end of January, our teams on the ground have reached more than 1.4 million people across conflict lines. These are the most challenging of areas to reach but also where the needs are greatest. Madam President, It is important that recognition is given to the humanitarian work being undertaken inside Syria despite considerable constraints, but that help is insufficient to meet the needs identified. While humanitarian staff work tirelessly to assist affected Syrians, gaps in the response remain considerable. While we know where those considered most vulnerable are located, humanitarian organisations are still not able to get regular, consistent and unimpeded access to millions of affected people. Some locations remain inaccessible due to active fighting or insecurity. But there are other areas, sometimes only a few kilometres away from our offices – including in Damascus and Homs – where we are not granted authorisation to enter. For example despite repeated requests, UN agencies continue to be denied access to 25,000 people in Moadhamiya in Rural Damascus. In Al Qusayr, with the exception of a UNICEF generator that was delivered in the vicinity of the town, the call of the Security Council on the Government of Syria to enable immediate and unhindered humanitarian access was rejected until the fighting had subsided and most inhabitants had fled. Last month, Government forces launched an offensive in Homs. The Old City of Homs has been under siege by Government forces for well over a year. A large number of different armed groups have established positions in the area and are exposing civilians to a high risk. An estimated 2,500 civilians are trapped in the Old City and have not received any significant humanitarian assistance over the past year. They lack food, have no access to safe drinking water and their health status is deteriorating. Opposition groups have so far not enabled them safe passage to leave and the Government of Syria has refused to allow agencies to deliver assistance into the Old City. All attempts by aid agencies to significantly assist or evacuate civilians from Homs Old City have so far failed. UN agencies have prepositioned supplies across Homs City to assist 40,000 people, should the situation deteriorate even further and access to those in need be granted. We have also seen an escalation of conflict in Aleppo with reports suggesting that it has been difficult for people to leave the area due to insecurity combined with a lack of fuel and public transport. A UN cross line convoy arrived on Sunday, with 15 trucks loaded with vital medicines, non-food items and food. However, these supplies are insufficien