British Ambassador to the United Nations Matthew Rycroft addresses reporters after the United Nations Security Council closed door meeting to discuss the latest missile launches by North Korea at the United Nations in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Ornitz
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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