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December 10, 2014

U.N. Obtains Pledges to Resettle 100,000 Syrian Refugees; Food Aid to Resume 
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The United Nations says it has received pledges from 28 countries to
take in more than 100,000 Syrian refugees. The announcement follows a
U.N. plea for Western countries to open their doors to more of Syria's
3.2 million displaced people. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
António Guterres unveiled the pledges on Tuesday.

António Guterres: "Today, 28 countries expressed their solidarity with
the Syrian refugees, but also with the five neighboring countries that
are hosting them — Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt —
offering what we estimate will be more than 100,000 opportunities for
resettlement and humanitarian admission. Of these, we had 66,254 firm
concrete pledges."

The U.N. World Food Program has also resumed food aid to more than 1.7
million Syrian refugees after a funding shortfall forced it to suspend
deliveries earlier this month. An emergency fundraising drive netted
over $80 million.

 

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