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United Nations launches appeal to raise $ 35 billion
The United Nations announced Tuesday that it needs $ 35 billion to help 160 million people who are among the most vulnerable in 56 countries.
And the United Nations launched an appeal to raise $ 35 billion in aid in 2021 to address the repercussions of the emerging corona virus pandemic, which affected tens of millions of people, while the threat of several famines loomed in The horizon.
The United Nations Global Emergencies Report 2021 estimated that 235 million people in the world will need some form of emergency assistance next year, a 40 percent increase compared to 2020.
“The increase is almost entirely due to Covid-19,” Mark Lowcock, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Aid, told reporters.
And next year, one in 33 people will need help, according to the report, which emphasized that if all of these people lived in one country, it would be the fifth largest in the world.
The annual appeal from UN agencies and other humanitarian organizations often paints a bleak picture of the growing needs caused by conflict, displacement, natural disasters and climate change.
But now, the epidemic that has killed more than 1.45 million people in the world has disproportionately affected those living “on the edge,” according to the report.
“The picture we are presenting is the bleakest and darkest of humanitarian needs in the coming period,” Lowcock said.
The funds needed will be enough to help 160 million people who are among the most vulnerable in 56 countries, according to the United Nations.
