The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Enters a New Phase

	The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Enters a New Phase
	by Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
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	The United Kingdom plays host to a major conference this
	week intended to raise money and political support for
	the Syrian humanitarian disaster. There are now over 4.6
	million Syrian refugees who have fled abroad, mostly to
	surrounding countries and 7.6 million people displaced
	inside the country. In all the UN estimates that there by
	the end of 2016, there will be 18 million people in need
	of some sort of humanitarian relief, thins like food aid,
	shelter, medicines.And that is going to cost a great deal
	of money. About $9 billion to be exact. And the way that
	money is raised is through appeals to donors--basically
	like a charity whose major contributors are governments
	around the world. On the line today to discuss this
	London conference and the major global challenge of
	mounting an appropriate humanitarian response to this
	overwhelming crisis is the UK's deputy ambassador to the
	United Nations, Peter Wilson. We discuss some specific
	aspects of the humanitarian response to this now 5 year
	old crisis, like, for example providing access to
	education for displaced children and opportunities for
	employment for refugees abroad. We also discuss the
	larger challenge of mounting a humanitarian response when
	so many of the belligerents are ignoring basic tenants of
	the laws of war, and we also discuss the current
	political peace process underway in Geneva.

	Date Published: 2021-12-11 07:25:42
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