UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain pressed Syria and its ally Russia on Thursday to allow access to humanitarian aid in the war-torn country as a senior U.N. official told the Security Council that aid convoys had not been able to reach 540,000 people in besieged areas during July.
"We're not asking for humanitarian access as a favour. We're asking for it because it's a legal and moral obligation," Britain's U.N. Ambassador Matthew Rycroft told reporters.
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