At a glance
At the end of 2024, the Strategic Steering Group (SSG) in Syria agreed to publish a document highlighting the humanitarian response priorities for 1 January-31 March 2025, aiming to address the most urgent humanitarian needs across the country. This decision was taken in light of the recent change of authorities on 8 December 2024, and the still rapidly shifting conditions on the ground. This Humanitarian Response Priorities document is intended to cover programming requirements while allowing the humanitarian community to monitor political and socio-economic developments and assess their impact on humanitarian needs, to determine the nature and scope of humanitarian programming for the rest of 2025.
The Syria Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2024 remains severely underfunded, with only 34.5 per cent of the $4.1 billion United States Dollars ($) total requirements covered as of end-of-January 2025. It is imperative that in 2025, at this pivotal moment in the history of Syria, the international community responds effectively to the needs of the Syrian people by increasing their financial support. Despite stretched funding, the United Nations (UN) and humanitarian partners are committed to continue delivering humanitarian aid, seizing opportunities while remaining vigilant in the face of challenges and their impacts on peoples’ needs.
During January-March 2025, the UN and humanitarian partners appeal for $1.2 billion to cover the activities prioritized in this document, to enable responding to the most immediate needs of 6.7 million people targeted country-wide. People targeted and financial requirement figures contained herein reflect the January-March 2025 timeframe of the document.
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