U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the comments as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of failing to honor a peace plan that went into effect a week ago.

Ban Ki-moon: “Despite assurances from the government, there has been no meaningful progress on the ground. This is unacceptable. I call on the Syrian authorities to recognize the full urgency of the situation and permit U.N. agencies and international relief organizations to organize a major humanitarian field operation to help those people in need.”