Highlights:

• More than 54,100 registered refugees to date in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, over half of them children (UNHCR, May 2012).

• Ceasefire violations are occurring in Syria as UN monitors continue to arrive in the country in increasing numbers to monitor the Syrian Government’s implementation of Kofi Annan’s Six Point Plan (UN Peacekeeping Chief, May 2012).

• The second Syria Humanitarian Forum took place on 20 April and featured a briefing by the Regional Humanitarian Coordinator on the humanitarian situation in Syria and priority actions in the draft Syria Response Plan, as well as a briefing by UNHCR Regional Refugee Coordinator on support provided to Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq (UNHCR, May 2012).

• Working alongside host governments and UNHCR, UNICEF continues to provide leadership in the areas of education, child protection and WASH, in support of displaced Syrian children.