Leaders seek funds for Syria, elusive stability for region

The London conference – and how it is acted on during the coming months – is an opportunity to demonstrate how the world can move forward into a new era of more effective responses to protracted humanitarian and development crises.

“Sixty to seventy thousand people in the camps in north Aleppo are moving toward Turkey”.

Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek said the government should scrap a “dumb plebiscite” on same-sex marriage and divert the $A160 million in savings to Syria as humanitarian assistance.

On Tuesday, Bishop met with a small group of foreign ministers, including US Secretary of State John Kerry, to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Syria and how they can combat the Islamic State.

For European nations, improving the humanitarian situation in Syria and neighboring countries is seen as critical to reduce incentives for Syrians to travel to Europe, where a huge refugee crisis has put many countries under severe strain.

The U.K.’s stance drawn domestic criticism from people who say Britain should be doing more to help those fleeing the Syrian conflict.

Feb 4, 2016- World leaders have opened a donor conference in London with an urgent plea for billions of pounds in aid for refugees from war-torn Syria. We have pledged more than £1.1 billion in aid, making us the second-largest country to help Syria and the region after the US.

More than 700,000 Syrian children in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt are now out of education.

The UN is appealing for $7.7 billion (£5.4 billion) to fund aid operations for the 13.5 million people displaced by the fighting and in need of assistance. Germany has already pledged 2.3 billion dollars by 2018, Britain 1.75 billion dollars by 2020 and Norway 1.17 billion dollars by 2020. Representatives from worldwide organizations and other diplomats are also taking part in the meeting.

The conference received Royal backing when Prince Charles, who told Sky News in November that climate change may have been one of the causes of Syria’s civil war, joined the Prime Minister at a reception at Lancaster House.

She said it was vital Syrian refugees had the chance to contribute to their host countries of Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey and gain skills to help rebuild their country after the conflict was over.

And it is set to stress that siege is not an acceptable tactic of war, that all people must have access to humanitarian support and that all sides must respect humanitarian law.

“I have concluded frankly that after the first week of preparatory talks there is more work to be done, not only by us but by the stakeholders”, he said after three days of talks.

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The British lawmakers commended Jordan’s endeavors, spearheaded by King Abdullah II, to bring about peace and stability in the Middle East as well as services the Kingdom extends to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees despite limited resources.