Syria civil war: Donors pledge billions in vital aid

Farhan Haq told reporters in NY that Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan had been “extremely generous in allowing people to enter across the border and escape the fighting inside Syria”, but the burden on them must be eased.

“So this conference can and must galvanize significant new funding from around the world to not just meet the immediate needs of people caught up in this crisis, but to meet the longer term needs as well”, Ms. Greening said.

The global charity Oxfam criticized Russian Federation and other countries involved in Syria for not helping the victims of conflict, which has killed at least 250,000 people and forced millions to flee the country.

Cameron emphasized his country’s keenness to help Jordan to face the repercussions of the Syrian refugee crisis.

Norway pledged $1.17 billion over the next four years, while Germany said it would give $2.57 billion by 2018.

These refugees should not be sent back to their war-torn country, refugee registration requirements should be made less restrictive and access to education should be made easier for Syrian children, HRW said in a report.

The shadow of a broadcaster is cast on a panel during donors conference for Syria at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, Britain on February 4, 2016.

“We can provide the sense of hope needed to stop people thinking they have no option but to risk their lives on a unsafe journey to Europe”, British Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement, announcing a new pledge of 1.2 billion pounds ($1.75 billion).

Rebels in the Syrian city of Aleppo are now surrounded from the north, south and east following advances by Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s forces.

The conference also will discuss plans to create economic incentives for countries that are under the strain of housing millions of newcomers.

The meeting opened hours after the latest United Nations-led bid to start peace talks in Geneva was suspended for three weeks – a sign of major difficulties.

The London conference agreed to provide the necessary funds to ensure that all refugee children will be receiving a quality education by the end of the 2016/17 school year. Davutoglu said the country had so far spent $10 billion on Syrians who have been placed in refugee camps in the country.

Wang stressed that the global community should also step up efforts to seek a political solution to the Syria conflict, which is the ultimate way of solving the country’s humanitarian crisis.

The United States pledged Dollars 600 million in humanitarian aid and Dollars 290 million in aid for education in Jordan and Lebanon, which are sheltering refugees in vast numbers.

“We have a constant suspicious attitude towards the way the global community has dealt with the displaced [Syrians]… but we will see if the [London] conference will bring a new approach to this issue”, said Bassil.