Japan pledges USD2.8 billion in refugee aid over three years
Friday, 23/09/2016 11:17 (GMT+7)
In the framework of the first United Nations summit for refugees and migrants, on the sidelines of the annual U.N General Assembly, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to provide USD2.8 billion to help deal with the global refugee crisis over three years from 2016.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Photo: NHK)
Speaking at the summit, Abe said the aid is intended to promote “self-reliance” among refugees and spur economic development of host countries in what he called “the humanitarian and development nexus.”
Abe made the pledge as world leaders vowed in a political declaration to assist more than 65 million refugees and migrants who have fled conflict and disasters in the largest numbers since World War II.
At last year’s U.N. General Assembly, Abe said Japan would provide about USD1.6 billion to assist Syrians and Iraqis displaced by war and for building peace across the Middle East and Africa./.
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