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<p>Humanitarian access to Eastern Ghouta is severely constrained by the Assad regime.
The ability to treat those injured from the attack in Douma has been hampered by years
of restricted humanitarian access, routine removal by the regime of medical supplies
and equipment from the rare aid convoys that have got in, and attacks on medical facilities.
The regime has not allowed any UN humanitarian access to Douma since the reported
chemical attack on 7 April.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to use our position in the UN
Security Council and the International Syria Support Group to press the Assad regime
and its backers to allow access so aid can reach those in desperate need such as children
and families, while maintaining the pressure for a political settlement to bring the
suffering of the Syrian people to an end.</p>
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