UNSC to hold emergency meeting today on Aleppo crisis

The United Nation Security Council will hold an emergency meeting today on the dire humanitarian crisis unfolding in Aleppo, Syria.Diplomats said the meeting will begin immediately following a Security Council session on the adoption of a resolution reinforcing sanctions against North Korea, which is scheduled to begin at 1400 GMT.

class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">The 15 ambassadors of the Security Council will get a video conference briefing on the situation in Aleppo by a UN official Staffan de Mistura, in charge of humanitarian operation and the UN mediator in Syria.