The has issued a global appeal for more than $47 billion (€44.7 billion) to provide humanitarian aid across 32 countries.
“The world is on fire and this is how we put it out,” the United Nations’ new humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told reporters in Geneva on Wednesday.
Fletcher said he was looking ahead to 2025 with “dread.”
Appealed funds insufficient to provide aid for all
The appealed funds will be used to help 190 million people across 32 countries, however, the UN estimates there are 305 million people globally who will need some form of relief next year.
While launching the Global Humanitarian Overview Fletcher acknowledged that the aid will not be able to reach all those in need.
“There’s 115 million that we won’t be able to reach” with this plan, Fletcher acknowledged.
It will be “ruthless” to decide how to spend this money, Fletcher said, considering the prolonged crises in , , and .
“We are dealing with a poly-crisis right now globally, and it is the most vulnerable people in the world who are paying the price,” Fletcher said.
He warned that the rising inequality combined with the and has created a “perfect storm” of needs.
Underfunding a big problem
Highlighting an underfunding problem, Fletcher said significant “donor fatigue” was impacting humanitarian action.
He stressed the need to lay out a “realistic” plan, which will require prioritization and making “really tough, tough choices”.
Until last month, only 43% of the $50-billion appeal for this year was met.
being delivered in Syria, cuts to protection services in Myanmar, and reduced water and sanitation aid in cholera-prone Yemen, the UN said.
mfi/rc (AFP, AP)
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