United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim traveled to the Middle East over the weekend to shine a light on the plight of millions of refugees forced to flee from their homes.
Beginning the last part of his “Mission for Humanity”, UNSG visited together with Mr. Kim the newly reconstructed Nahr El-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon, and took part in the inauguration ceremony for the new Qobbeh Social Development Centre. Mr. Kim announced a $100 million initiative aimed at supporting the Government of Lebanon’s plan to improve the quality of its education for refugees.
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When visiting the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, he praised the development of facilities within the camp, including a theatre, shopping centers and restaurants. “However nice all those facilities may be, it is not the same as what they could enjoy home in Syria”, he added. After visiting the camp, he held meetings with senior government officials from Palestine, Turkey and Jordan, including King Abdullah II.
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“We are going to convene this World Humanitarian Summit, which will be the first-ever in the history of the United Nations, to discuss and to bring out some predictable sustainable framework to provide humanitarian assistance to more than 120 million people around the world, including Syrian refugees, including many helpless, defenseless people around the world”, he added before concluding his Mission for Humanity.
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