Pakistani-born education activist Malala Yousafzai, joint winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, has urged international donors to "empower children to rebuild Syria" by committing $US1.4 billion ($A1.95 billion) for education.
"We must make a promise to this generation: to empower them with education to rebuild Syria and bring peace," said 18-year-old Yousafzai, who shares her Nobel prize with Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.
"Many have started calling Syrian children a generation lost. But it is wrong," she told a UN co-hosted conference in London on financial support for Syria.
"These children will only be lost if you choose to give up on them.
She said $US1.4 billion for Syria's children was a number the world could afford.
"Losing this generation is a cost the world cannot."
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