Hillary urges help for Syrian refugees (calls for "emergency global gathering") (HILLARY GROUP)
Hillary Clinton called on the United Nations Wednesday to press countries to take in Syrian refugees, pointing to this month’s General Assembly as a prime opportunity for action.
"There should be an emergency global gathering where the U.N. literally tries to get commitments,” Clinton said at Washington’s Brookings Institution, in the midst of a broader speech about her support of the nuclear agreement with Iran. “I obviously want the United States to do our part."
Clinton, a former U.S. secretary of state, made her comments amid a broad international discussion about how to deal with the exodus of millions of Syrians fleeing that nation's civil war. European nations have been engaged in a pitched debate over how to handle the flood of refugees, and international pressure has mounted on the United States to step up its own response.
"As Pope Francis has reminded us, this is an international problem that demands an international response. The United States must help lead that response,” Clinton said.
Politico: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/hillary-clinton-syria-refugees-213444#ixzz3lGLQzbiQ
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