daesh alsoance this to attack places of worship, schools and public assessments. european parliament, the council of europe parliamentary assembly and others have helped focus full global attention on the plight of religious and ethnic minorities under daerks but these must become more than just statements. there must be actions to implement the goals that all of us share in common. secretary kerry in a statement challenged the world to, quote, find the resources to help those armed by these atrocities and last week's pledging conference, and this conference of the delegations from 30 countries and international organizations gathered today and then in a closed meeting tomorrow or focus on producing those financial and political and programmatic resources. so at the conference last week. an additional $590 million was pledged for humanitarian assistance and $350 million pledged for critical stabilization efforts. under the new u.n. program the financial facility, for immediate stabilization, their is 25 million pledged and for the new program, the mid-length progr