(MENAFN- QNA) The UN is tabling a new approach to address Syrian refugees' crisis during an upcoming donors' conference for Syrian people, due in Kuwait on March 31, in yet another bid to address their multi-dimensional needs, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported on Friday.
The UN, to appeal for up to some USD 8.4 billion during the donors' conference launched the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan 2015-16 (3RP) late last year in order to address suffering of Syrian refugees in host communities in neighboring countries at humanitarian and development levels.
"We are very much concerned that four years of crisis is not only challenging conflict resolution process, but the way we address the impact of
the crisis," said Gustavo Gonzalez, Sub-Regional Development Coordinator, Sub-Regional Response Facility - Syria Crisis, of the UN Development Program
(UNDP). "We expect that we come up with 3RP and Syria Response Plan (SRP) to have developing partners to come around the table to address these crises," he
added.
The 3RP is dedicated to Syrian refugees in five neighboring countries - Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt, combined hosting some 3.3 million
Syrians, while SRP is for some 6.5 million IDPs. "There is a huge demographic shock in neighboring countries, fueling competition for jobs, access to water, housing and buying of lands," Gonzalez
said in an interview with KUNA.
The UN hope donors will be generous during Kuwait III, and will appeal for some USD 8.4 billion, of them USD 5.5 billion for neighboring countries and
USD 2.9 billion for IDPs, according to KUNA. "Kuwait III will have two documents, one is the Syrian Response Plan and the 3RP 2015-16," noted Gonzalez, who paid a two-day visit to Kuwait this past
Wednesday and Thursday.
Neighboring countries will submit their appeals in Kuwait III, the largest conference organized by the UN with regards to the magnitude of the crisis. Kuwait hosted the first and second donor conferences in 2013 and 2014, with total pledges amounting to some USD 3.9 billion, of which Kuwait contributed USD 800 million.
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