U.N. launches record $22.2 bn humanitarian appeal for 2017

December 4, 2016

82nd plenary meeting of the General Assembly 61st session: Report of the Human Rights Council: report of the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third Committee) (A/61/448, para.28, draft resolution1)

The United Nations needs a record $22.2 billion to cover humanitarian relief projects next year, covering the needs of 93 million people in 33 countries, U.N. humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien said on Monday.

“This is a reflection of a state of humanitarian need in the world not witnessed since the Second World War,” he told a news conference, adding that 80 percent of the needs stemmed from man-made conflicts, such as those in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Nigeria and South Sudan.

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