Syria donor conference raises $6.4B, far short of UN target
Of the more than $6 billion raised during the pledging conference, $4.4 billion is set aside for this year.
Donor countries on Tuesday raised $6.4 billion to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Syria, far below the United Nations’ target of $10 billion.
Ahead of the donor conference, the UN had warned the needs in Syria are greater than at any point in the 10-year civil war. An estimated 13.4 million people — two in every three Syrians — are in need of humanitarian assistance.
After a decade of “death, destruction, displacement, disease, dread and despair,” Syrians “see no respite,” UN relief chief Mark Lowcock told the conference.
In addition to the $4.4 billion raised for this year’s Syria response, another $2 billion was pledged for 2022.
