cope with
the flow of refugees crossing the border, and UN agency has believed more will be arriving.
According to Routers, there are more than 2 million internal
displaced
people in Syria. In the face of such a humanitarian disaster, the UN should initiate the establishment of IDP camps within Syria without delay; needless to say these camps should help food protection.
But the UN deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson said the proposal should be treated cautiously.
We know recent calls to establish humanitarian corridors and
buffer zones
inside Syria, where civilians could, it is argued, find relief from the violence. Such proposals raise serious questions and require careful and critical consideration.
The American presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is preparing to address the Republican Party Convention in Florida to officially accept its nomination to challenge Barack Obama in November's election. Our correspondent Jonny Dymond is in Tampa watching the final preparations.
In front of a crowd of photographers and cameramen, Mitt Romney stood behind the curtain here at the convention center and made a few last minutes checks. The four-day gathering of Republicans will climax late on Thursday with Mitt Romney's speech.With many Americans only now starting to pay attention to the election campaign and the US TV networks
covering
the speech live, some have urged that he