HIGHLIGHTS |
HUMANITARIAN FUNDING |
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To Syria Humanitarian Response in FY12 and FY13* |
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USAID/OFDA1 | $76,434,965 | |
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USAID/FFP2 | $116,018,000 | |
State/PRM3 | $172,760,000 | ||
$365,212,965 Total USG Assistance to the Syria Humanitarian Response |
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- On January 29, President Barack Obama announced that the United States is providing $155 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help those affected by the conflict in Syria. This support includes $42.8 million to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide additional winter relief supplies, nutrition and protection support, health care, shelter assistance, and emergency food assistance, and $112.2 million to U.N. agencies and international organizations to provide relief supplies and other humanitarian assistance.
- In her opening remarks for the donor pledging conference held on January 30 in Kuwait, U.N. Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos stressed the urgency of the Syria crisis and the need for additional support to scale up assistance. In response, international donors have pledged $1.5 billion in additional humanitarian assistance for the Syria crisis. Funding pledges include $300 million from the United Arab Emirates, $300 million from the State of Kuwait, and $134 million from the European Commission, according to media reports.
- A U.S. Government (USG) delegation—including Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard of the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Assistant Administrator for USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Nancy Lindborg; and U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert S. Ford—attended the pledging conference.
Numbers At A Glance |
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4 million People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Syria |
2 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Syria |
713,485 Syrians Displaced to Neighboring Countries |
*Note:These figures are current as of January 30, 2013
1 USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA)
2 USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP)
3 U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM)
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