UN AGENCY JOINS SYRIA’S NEIGHBOURS IN PLEA FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO REGION

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Date: 4 Sep 2013 16:00:01 -0400
Subject: UN AGENCY JOINS SYRIA'S NEIGHBOURS IN PLEA FOR GREATER
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO REGION
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UN AGENCY JOINS SYRIA'S NEIGHBOURS IN PLEA FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL
SUPPORT TO REGIONNew York, Sep 4 2013 4:00PMThe United Nations
refugee agency and senior Government ministers from Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon and Turkey – countries which together host more than 1.7
million Syrian refugees - called today on the international community
to "overcome differences" to stop the fighting in Syria, as the made
an urgent appeal for expanded assistance to the region.

"We are facing the dramatic escalation of the Syrian conflict, namely
with the use of chemical weapons," UN High Commissioner for Refugees
António Guterres <"http://www.unhcr.org/522756779.html">said in an
agreed statement with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Jordan's
Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs
Wael Abu Faour and Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

"We strongly appeal to the international community to overcome
existing differences and come together to stop the fighting. All
actions that are creating refugee flows need to cease," the joint
statement continued.

A political solution to end this cycle of horror is "urgently needed,"
Mr. Guterres and the ministers said: "There is no humanitarian
solution to the Syrian crisis; rather there needs to be a political
solution that ends the humanitarian crisis."

The <"http://www.unhcr.org/522747799.html">joint statement follows a
half-day meeting chaired by Mr. Guterres with representatives of the
four countries that host the majority of the 2 million refugees who
have fled Syria since March 2011. And additional 4.25 million people
are displaced within Syria, according to UN figures.

A ministerial-level meeting is scheduled to be held on 30 September as
part of the UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) annual Executive Committee
gathering to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis.

The discussions - involving international financial institutions as
well as ministerial delegations from Members States, UN agencies and
non-governmental organizations - will seek to build consensus for
large-scale commitments to combine humanitarian and emergency aid with
support for development in the region.

"Our central message is these countries need and deserve massive
support from the international community, and that support is not yet
there and it is essential to have a shift in the way the international
community is handling that support," Mr. Guterres told journalists at
the joint press conference in Geneva.

UNHCR and its partners in June appealed to donors for $4.4 billion for
Syria relief operations this year, including $3 billion to meet
humanitarian and host community needs in the immediate surrounding
region. About 40 per cent of this component has been funded.

As of the end August, the number of Syrians registered as refugees or
pending registration was 200,000 in Iraq, 520,000 in Jordan, some
720,000 in Lebanon and 464,000 in Turkey.

At the current trend, an average of almost 5,000 Syrians flee into
these countries every day, the UN reported, half of them children.

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) today said it was continuing its
support Syria, the four countries, as well as neighbouring Egypt.

"We are working on the ground, round the clock with a wide network of
dedicated partners to reach Syrian children across the region," said
Maria Calivis, UNICEF's Regional Director of the Middle East and North
Africa.

To meet increasing humanitarian needs, work is on-going to
pre-position essential supplies such as bottled water, water tanks and
purification tablets and household materials. The UN agency is also
supporting children going back to school with bags, materials and
classroom furniture.Sep 4 2013 4:00PM
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