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Thursday 04 Feb 2016 - 12:52 Makkah mean time-25-4-1437
British PM David Cameron (AFP Photo)
London (IINA) – The British government pledged Thursday to provide $1.74 billion in humanitarian aid for war-torn Syria and its neighbors, ahead of a donors' conference in London.
"More money is needed to tackle this crisis and it is needed now," Prime Minister David Cameron said in a statement announcing the pledge, which will fund education, jobs and humanitarian relief in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
The promise amounts to an extra £1.2 billion, to be spent between 2016 and 2020, to address "the world's biggest humanitarian crisis", Cameron's office said, pointing out that the United Kingdom has already agreed to spend 1.12 billion on the region, making the UK the world's second largest donor of humanitarian aid to those affected by the Syrian conflict.
The pledge comes as world leaders are due to gather in London to try to raise $9 billion for the millions of Syrians affected by five years of civil war and to address an acute refugee crisis.
The donor conference, the fourth of its kind, hopes to meet the UN’s demand for $7.73 billion to help Syria, plus $1.23 billion assistance for countries in the region affected by the crisis.
British Prime Minister David Cameron will host more than 70 international leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, as well as representatives of non-governmental organizations and the private sector.
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