In response the continent's overseeing body, the African Union (AU), recently held a pledging conference.

为回应此事，欧洲大陆监察机构——非盟(AU)于近期举行了一次认捐会议。

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The meeting in Oslo had been billed as a mini-pledging conference for quick impact humanitarian projects.

BBC: G L Peiris, left, and Anton Balasingham

EU's pledging conference planned for November is supposed to spot other gaps in defences too.

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Addressing the International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait City on Wednesday, Ban Ki-moon described the situation in Syria as "catastrophic".

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