Syria: International Assistance

(asked on 25th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are pressing to be agreed at the Supporting Syria and the Region Conference in February.


Answered by
Baroness Verma Portrait
Baroness Verma
This question was answered on 8th February 2016

The "Supporting Syria and the Region London 2016)" Conference was held on 4 February last week, and more than US$11 billion was pledged to support people in Syria and the region affected by the conflict, the largest amount raised in one day for a humanitarian crisis. Commitments made at the Conference will help to create 1.1 million jobs and provide education to an additional 1 million children. The UK remains at the forefront of the response to the crisis in Syria and the region. We have doubled our commitment and have now pledged a total of over £2.3 billion, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis.

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