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Sun, 24 Jan, 2016 02:17:53 AM FTimes Report, Jan 24  Prime Minister Juha Sipilä. File Photo Lehtikuva. Prime Minister Juha Sipilä will attend the Supporting Syria and the Region conference to be held in London on February 04, said an official press release.
Altogether 80 Heads of State or Government as well as representatives from civil society and non-governmental organizations have been invited to the conference.
The event is being co-hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway and the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon.
The purpose of the conference is to address the immediate needs of those affected by the conflicts in Syria and the neighbouring countries and to support the future return of refugees to Syria and to offer hope for those still living in Syria.
Over 13 million people, half of them children, in Syria are in urgent need of hu-manitarian aid. Last year 4.5 million Syrians fled to neighbouring countries and around half a million to Europe.
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