KATHMANDU, Nov 11: Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has called on all sides to lift the obstructions of essential supplies on the Nepal-India border without further delay on Wednesday.
Issuing a press briefing today Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, said, “The Secretary-General underlines Nepal’s right of free transit, as a landlocked nation as well as for humanitarian reasons, and calls on all sides to lift the obstructions without further delay.”
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"Acute shortages in fuel supplies have continued to impede deliveries to earthquake-affected villages in Nepal."
Humanitarian organizations urgently require fuel to maintain operations and deliver food, warm clothing and shelter materials to high altitude areas that will soon be cut off by harsh winter weather, Ban said in the the briefing.
