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Clarification: Finland-Syria Aid story

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(Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP). Administrator of the UNDP Helen Clark, left and Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykk'nen talk, during  a conference in Helsinki, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. As talks between the Syrian government and r... (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP). Administrator of the UNDP Helen Clark, left and Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykk'nen talk, during a conference in Helsinki, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. As talks between the Syrian government and r...
(Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP). Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykk'nen talks  during  a conference in Helsinki, Monday, Jan, 23, 2017. As talks between the Syrian government and rebel factions continue in Kazakhstan, Nordic an... (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP). Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Kai Mykk'nen talks during a conference in Helsinki, Monday, Jan, 23, 2017. As talks between the Syrian government and rebel factions continue in Kazakhstan, Nordic an...
(Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP). From left: UNDP Administrator Helen Clark, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, The Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator of OCHA, Stephen O'Brien and Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade a... (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP). From left: UNDP Administrator Helen Clark, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, The Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator of OCHA, Stephen O'Brien and Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade a...

HELSINKI (AP) - In a story Jan. 24, The Associated Press reported that the U.N. refugee agency was seeking $4.63 billion in new funding to assist Syrian refugees. The story should have made clear that various U.N. agencies, not just the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, are appealing for the funds.

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