Those Cameron quotes.

“Today’s conference has seen the largest amount of money ever raised in one day in response to a humanitarian crisis with well over $10bn pledged. Today has been and is a day of hope, a day about saving lives, a day about building futures, a day about giving people the chance of a future, the chance of a life. We have secured approaching $6bn for 2016 alone, and a further $5bn over the longer term to 2020. It means millions of people will now receive life-saving food medical care and shelter in Syria and beyond.”

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, one of the co-hosts, calls upon the Assad regime and others to come to “come to a point that we don’t create more misery” and more people to flee. Erna Solberg, the Norwegian prime minister, another co-host, thanks Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, for hosting so many refugees, and emphasises the importance of Syrian children receiving an education.

David Cameron is now speaking at the co-hosts press conference. He says the money raised will ensure that 1m children not in school will get an education. On the political situation, he stresses the need for a political transition and calls on Russia to use its influence to end the indiscriminate bombing of civilians. He ends his brief statement with a pledge to the Syrian people: “We will stand with you as as long as it takes to secure peace in Syria.”

Katherine Nightingale of Care International UK says more important than today’s pledges is bringing an end to the violence and targeting of civilians. The people who can make that happen aren’t all here but this remains paramount. Meanwhile, she emphasises the importance of legal work for refugees.

Care is pushing hard for donors, governments and the private sector to create legal jobs with decent work for Syrians. This is a long term crisis – emergency aid alone is not an appropriate way for families to survive for years. They are a skilled and educated workforce wanting to work.

This is also about social cohesion – making sure we work with vulnerable communities in the neighbouring countries. We don’t want Syrians taking their jobs and we don’t want Syrians to be exploited. Our concern is that the the final paper may not contain appropriate and vital language around ‘decent work’ for Syrian refugees. We need the private sector to support this and so far, progress on this has been encouraging.

The conference has moved to the theme of education. The Nobel peace prize laureate, Malala Yousafazai, challenges donors to come up with $1.4bn to provide education for the 700,000 Syrian children out of school. “It is a number the world can afford,” she says. “Losing this generation is a cost the world cannot.”

Jordan, which has received 1.3 million Syrian refugees, is pressing the west to do more to help it cope with the influx of Syrians. The refugee camp at Zaatari is now in effect one of the biggest cities in Jordan.