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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. relief officials appealed Wednesday for safe access to the Palestinian refugee camp at the center of a standoff between Islamic militants and the Lebanese army and urged the government to exercise restraint in civilian areas.
"What we want to see is access for humanitarian actors and humanitarian goods to the camp to enable basic supplies to reach people," said John Holmes, the U.N.'s emergency relief coordinator and undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs.
Holmes also emphasized the need for evacuation of the wounded.
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