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| Valerie Amos, the top relief official at the United Nations, who has grappled with some of the most intractable humanitarian disasters in her four years on the job, is resigning, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday. | Valerie Amos, the top relief official at the United Nations, who has grappled with some of the most intractable humanitarian disasters in her four years on the job, is resigning, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday. |
| In a brief statement, Mr. Ban gave no explanation for why Ms. Amos was resigning, when the resignation takes effect or who might replace her. Farhan Haq, a spokesman for Mr. Ban, told reporters later that Ms. Amos would leave at the end of March, giving Mr. Ban time to choose a successor. | |
| “Ms. Amos has tirelessly advocated for people around the world affected by disaster and conflict,” Mr. Ban said in his statement. Her leadership and experience, he said, had “helped find solutions for people who are facing the worst experiences in their lives.” | |
| The timing of Ms. Amos’s resignation announcement was considered a surprise. | |
| Ms. Amos, 60, the under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, has most notably been the face of the United Nations relief efforts for civilians in the Syrian civil war, now nearly four years old. | |
| She has repeatedly implored the Syrian government, with mixed results, to permit relief convoys into rebel-held areas. She supported a Security Council resolution approved in July that authorized, for the first time, the delivery of aid across Syria’s borders without the Syrian government’s permission. | She has repeatedly implored the Syrian government, with mixed results, to permit relief convoys into rebel-held areas. She supported a Security Council resolution approved in July that authorized, for the first time, the delivery of aid across Syria’s borders without the Syrian government’s permission. |
| The resignation announcement came one day after Ms. Amos told the Council that although that resolution had made a difference, an estimated 12.2 million Syrians now need assistance because of conflict, up from 10.8 million in July. | The resignation announcement came one day after Ms. Amos told the Council that although that resolution had made a difference, an estimated 12.2 million Syrians now need assistance because of conflict, up from 10.8 million in July. |
| A former British cabinet minister, Ms. Amos took the United Nations position in 2010, about a year before the Syria conflict began. | A former British cabinet minister, Ms. Amos took the United Nations position in 2010, about a year before the Syria conflict began. |
| Syria has preoccupied much of her time, adding to the management of relief efforts like the 2013 typhoon disaster in the Philippines and a variety of humanitarian crises in Africa, including the conflict in South Sudan and the basic collapse of authority in the Central African Republic. | Syria has preoccupied much of her time, adding to the management of relief efforts like the 2013 typhoon disaster in the Philippines and a variety of humanitarian crises in Africa, including the conflict in South Sudan and the basic collapse of authority in the Central African Republic. |