"If you're going to leave several hundred thousand behind and leave them in the shadows you're not solving the problem, " said Kevin Appleby, director of migration and refugeepolicy for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The Director-General also took part in a round table at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, addressing the psychological and emotional trauma of Syrian refugee children and UNESCO's response in addressing their needs through the development of specific tools for teacher training in post-conflict and post-disaster situations.