In February, the “Supporting Syria and the Region” conference in London was hailed as raising the largest amount for a humanitarian crisis in a single day. But a new report from Concern shows that only a fraction of those funds have since materialized.
The aid agency published a new report, Still Paying the Price, stating that by mid-April 2016:
- 94% of London conference donors had not turned their pledges into actual commitments
- 18 donors had committed none of their funds
- 98% of Saudi Arabia’s pledge, 96% of the UK’s pledge, over 89% of Germany’s and the EC’s pledges were all still outstanding
- 42% of the United States’ pledge was committed. The U.S. has been the single largest donor to the Syria relief effort
- Only three donors (Australia, Malta, Lithuania) had fully committed their funding pledges
