US to Provide $100 Million in Humanitarian Assistance for Syria ...

By Tom Murphy

The United States has announced it is stepping up its humanitarian response for victims of the violence in Syria. Reports yesterday said that 100,000 refugees left Syria during the month of August. Gaining humanitarian access to embattled parts of the country has been challenging.The Red Cross attempted on a few occasions to enter war-torn cities to little avail. The head of the organization met with President Asad earlier in the week in an attempt to make the case for allowing further humanitarian services in the country.Here is a rundown of the assistance: $48.5 million to the World Food Program (WFP); $23.1 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); $15 million, approximately, to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); $8 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); $3 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA); $2.75 million to the United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF); $1 million to the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC); $500,000 to the International Organization for Migration (IOM); $500,000 to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA); and $300,000 to the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) for support of humanitarian operations. A USAID press release explained more specifically what the response would look like saying, ?The U.S.

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US to Provide $100 Million in Humanitarian Assistance for Syria

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Posted by Tom Murphy on Sep 5 2012. Filed under Aid & Development. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

Source: http://www.globalhealthhub.org/2012/09/05/us-to-provide-100-million-in-humanitarian-assistance-for-syria/

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