NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 27:  World Food Program (WFP) director Ertharin Cousin speaks before the United Nations Security Council about the hunger crisis in Syria on January 27, 2016 in New York City. Over 250,000 people have died in Syria in the nearly five years of fighting that began when opposition protesters took to the streets against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian peace talks are scheduled to start in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday.  (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)