Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 January 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Syrian Conflict: United Nations High Commission for Refugees
9:30 am
Ms GrĂ¡inne O'Hara:
Yes. To the best of my knowledge, the pledges from the European Union have been met. The European Union is fundamental partner to UNHCR and to many other UN agencies in the sense that the European Union is very much engaged through presence of ECHO offices in the region. We have a very close working relationship with them. It is not simply a pledge and then later a cheque comes. The ECHO offices are physically present in the region and work very closely with us in the design and implementation of the humanitarian activities towards which European Union funding goes.
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