Such a huge public demonstration of support was matched by commitments from world leaders to support the campaign and make every effort to ensure the people of Syria do not lose another year to bloodshed and suffering.

1. #WithSyria
Campaign Roundup
March 2014

2. Za’atari
More than 130 organisations around the world joined Crisis Action
and the #WithSyria Campaign
3 key asks
1.Stop the bloodshed
2.Ensure all those in need can access life-saving
assistance
3.Commit to Inclusive peace talks

3. Oxfam organized 30 vigil Activities in 25 countries, Contributing to
a total of more than 45 Vigils held with Partners worldwide
Tbilisi

4. Amman
Johannesburg
Washington D.C.
el Fasher Abu Shouk IDP
camp in Darfur

5. Ottawa
Oxford
NairobiAuckland

6. Madrid
Mexico City
Melbourne
NYC

7. East London South AFrica,
Hong Kong, Beijing

8. BrusSels
Berlin
Arezzo

9. Paris, New York
London

10. Coordinated online and offline
action

11. With Creative
campaigmn products
Creative Campaign Products

12. #WithSyria Digital reach
As well as in:
-Pakistan
-South Korea
-Japan
-Australia
-New Zealand
-Kenya
-South Africa
In addition to trending in
the US and most of
Western Europe,
#WithSyria also trended
in the Middle East in:
-Syria
-Saudi Arabia
-the UAE
-Turkey
-Egypt
-Jordan
-Lebanon

13. Sahrawi refugee camp Bujdur, Algeria
115,000 tweets in 111 countries
Reaching 235 million people
And over 540 million timeline impressions

14. Amsterdam
#WithSyria
entered the top
10 most talked
about topics in
twitter
diplomacy
circles
(http://ediplomacy.afp.com)

15. ParisIreland
Johannesburg Ottawa
68,000 users
forthe English,
French and Arabic
#WithSyria hashtags

16. Public Figure engagement

19. This was the largest public mobilisation on Syria yet, generating extensive international
media coverage.
•Middle-East: #WithSyria had broadcast coverage on all the main news channels,
including Al Jazeera, BBC Arabic, CNN Arabic, Euronews Arabic, Sky News Arabia (here
and here) and ONTV. Print media coverage in the Middle East included Al Hayat,
Al Arabiya, and the Daily Star but also Qatari Al-Watan, Kuwaiti Al Anbaa and Al-Khaleej,
Iraqi ARA News, Emirati Emarat Alyoum, and Syrian Orient News.
•Russia: unusually broad coverage included state-owned Russia 1 channel and on
Russia Today, in addition to Ria Novosti, ITAR-TASS, and Gazeta.ru
•Western capitals: coverage included the BBC News at Ten, BBC Online, and the
Telegraph; an interview with Madeleine Albright on Amanpour, CNN’s flagship
programme; and Le Monde, Le Figaro, and the front page of Liberation.
•Other media coverage included the Russian vigil appearing in China Daily, the UK event
on the front page of the South African Times, and the South Korean vigil appearing in Al
Hayat.
Media coverage

20. Media coverage

21. Media coverage

22. Oxfam Survey Media coverage

23. Political reach
Such a huge public demonstration of support was matched by commitments from world leaders to
support the campaign and make every effort to ensure the people of Syria do not lose another year to
bloodshed and suffering.
•Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s support for the campaign was echoed around the world, including by
Prime Minister Cameron and Foreign Minister Hague of the UK, Foreign Minister Fabius of France,
Foreign Minister Steinmeier of Germany, Prime Minister Di Rupo of Belgium, US National Security
Advisor Susan Rice, Prime Minister Bettel of Luxembourg, and President Zeman of the Czech
Republic.
•Former Canadian Foreign Minister, Lloyd Axworthy also showed his support for a prompt resolution of
the conflict. Former Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Børge Brende retweeted Jan Egeland’s
tweet announcing Brende’s clear stand #WithSyria and the European Commission tweeted 3 times.
•In Turkey, the official Turkish #PublicDiplomacy account of the Turkish Prime Minister also tweeted
its support to the campaign, with a link to pictures of a #WithSyria vigil with red balloons in Istanbul.
•In the Middle East, Saudi media personality (host of ‘Kalam Nawaem’ on MBC) also tweeted her support
many times.
In the US, Oxfam worked with a handful of Crisis Action partners on a bipartisan Senate Resolution on
the humanitarian and human rights situation in Syria that was introduced by Sens. Kaine (D-VA) and
Rubio (R-FL), and co-sponsored by 19 Senators. It calls on President Obama to develop a strategy for the
United States’ engagement in addressing the crisis.
Officials in a number of countries have already reported that the #WithSyria campaign succeeded in
creating a global moment and in so doing has re-energised foreign ministries.

24. How will this have further Impact?
We’ve shown world leaders that people
all over the world care about the fate of
Syrians. Now we have to get them to act.
The global display of solidarity will give a
significant boost to our ongoing advocacy as
we work to push for:
•An end to the bloodshed,
•Access for people to desperately-needed
aid and safety,
•Leaders to commit to inclusive peace talks
This message has been relayed to more
than 50 governments in private letters and
we will be following up to secure additional
pledges from world leaders. As we’ve finally
seen some much-needed unity from the
UN Security Council on humanitarian
access and a political solution – we will
hold leaders to their commitments to try
to ensure this is the beginning of the end.

25. Oxfam continues to work to
support Syrian CSO actors,
including through a lobby
tour of UNSC member
states in NYC around the
3rd
anniversary of the
crisis.
Syrian civil society leaders
Rajaa Atalli and Rim
Turkmani are focusing
particularly on the inclusion
of women in the peace
process.
How will this have
further Impact?

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