Media Advisory: Government of Finland and UN convene Conference to save lives, strengthen protection and build resilience in response to the Syria Crisis [EN/AR]
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What: Helsinki Conference on Supporting Syrians and the Region
When: A joint press conference will be held on 24 January, from 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm, bringing together HE Mykkänen, Minister of Foreign Trade and Development, and three Principles of UN agencies: Stephen O’Brien, OCHA; Filippo Grande, UNHCR; and Helen Clark, UNDP.
Where: The venue for the Plenary Session, High Level Panels and press conference is Säätytalo (House of the Estates), Snellmaninkatu 9-11, Helsinki, Finland.
The Government of Finland will bring together key humanitarian and development stakeholders on 23 and 24 January in Helsinki to discuss the response to the protracted crisis in Syria and neighbouring countries, now into its sixth year. The Helsinki Conference on Supporting Syrians and the Region will gather senior representatives of Governments in the region; UN agencies; international financial institutions; donors; representatives of international and national non-governmental organizations; and the private sector. The conference will focus on key humanitarian priorities inside Syria, where over 13.5 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance; strengthening protection for more than 4.7 million refugees from Syria now in neighboring countries; and building resilience inside Syria as well as for the more than 4.4 million vulnerable people in host communities in neighbouring countries.
See: http://www.helsinki2017.org https://formin.videosync.fi/2017-01-24-press
Media Contacts
Finland:
Media Arrangements: Content and Communications Specialist Mari Lankinen, mari.lankinen@formin.fi, +358 40 7431887
For the CSO Side Event: Minna Havunen, minna.havunen@suomenlahetysseura.fi, +358 40 632 6099
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:
In Geneva: Matthew Saltmarsh: saltmars@unhcr.org; +41 79 217 3140
In Amman: Scott Craig: craigs@unhcr.org; +962 7 9276 0640
United Nations Development Programme:
In Finland: Anja Karppinen: anja.karppinen@undp.org; +358 4457 50 368
In Oslo: Trygve Olfarnes: Trygve.olfarnes@undp.org; +47 9415 6028
In New York: Theodore Murphy: Theodore.murphy@undp.org; +1-718-915-2097
In Amman: Noeman AlSayyad: Noeman.alsayyad@undp.org; +962 79 567 2901
United Nations Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs:
In Amman: David Swanson: swanson@un.org; +962-791-417-882
In Damascus: Linda Tom: toml@un.org; +963 958 880 095
In Geneva: Jens Laerke: laerke@un.org; + 41 (0)79 472 9750 In New York: Russell Geekie: geekie@un.org; +1 917 331 0393