As the number of Syrian refugees has exceeded a staggering 2 million, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has said it was the greatest tragedy of the century.
In a written statement, Guterres said the only conciliation in this tragedy was neighboring countries that welcome those refugees, which is a great burden for their infrastructures, economies and societies and 1.8 million people had to leave Syria within the last year.
Underlining the fact that people left Syria only with their clothes but nothing else; UN High Commissioner said neighboring countries need support in order to overcome this crisis.
Antonio Guterres further said that half of this number were children and added: "More than anything we need those with the ability to stop this conflict and those who can influence them to find a political solution before more children suffer. One million refugee children, one million reasons to act now. We surely cannot continue to fail the children of Syria."
In the statement, Angelina Jolie, famous American actress and a special envoy for UN High Commission for Refugees, was also quoted as saying that there is no doubt that the world needs to do more to end the crisis as 5 thousand Syrians leave their country every day.
The UNHCR statement by Guterres also said a meeting will be held in Geneva on September 4 to stress on the international support to Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon- the four countries sharing the 2 million Syrian refugees between them. The meeting that is to be held at ministerial level will be attended by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
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