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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs launched its global assistance plan for 2022 on December 2, in which it asks the international community for 41,000 million dollars, 17% more than in 2021. The UN indicates that the An increase is necessary as the number of people requiring help increases, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, armed conflicts and climate change.
At least 274 million people will need emergency aid in the world by 2022.
Under this scenario, the United Nations is asking the international community for 41,000 million dollars for next year in its global assistance plan, in order to meet the needs of the most vulnerable.
This is 17% more funds required compared to 2021, a period for which $ 35 billion was needed. Four years ago, the figure was half.
Of the 41 billion cited, the largest amount is demanded for people in Syria and neighboring countries that host displaced people from that conflict territory, around 9.8 billion refugees.
More than 5,000 million dollars would be destined for Afghanistan, another 4,000 million for Yemen and 2,800 million for Ethiopia.
With regard to Latin America, the UN asks for a total of 2.5 billion dollars. Of that number, the largest part is requested to help Venezuelans within their own country and those who are in neighboring nations that host them.
Since Colombia is the country that receives the most Venezuelan refugees, the United Nations hopes to direct 200 million of the funds to that country. In addition, 114 million for El Salvador, 153 million for Guatemala and 143 million for Honduras.
A new record of needy
There has never been a higher number of people in need of urgent assistance in the world, stressed the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths.
There are 274 million people, if they were a country they would represent the fourth most populous nation on the planet.
“My goal is that this global appeal can contribute to give hope to millions of people who desperately need it,” said the United Nations director of humanitarian coordination when presenting the annual assistance plan, Griffiths said during a press conference in Geneva. , Switzerland.
The United Nations is predicting that a record 274 million people – who together would amount to the world’s fourth most-populous country – will require emergency humanitarian aid next year in countries like Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria and Yemen. https://t.co/gP7FQmnLfn
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The nations that most require the aid: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Yemen, Syria and Ethiopia, among others, are the scene of a series of challenges such as wars, insecurity, hunger, climatic disasters as a result of global warming and, of course, the pandemic of the Covid-19 that has worsened living conditions and exacerbated economic and health gaps.
“The climate crisis is hitting the world’s most vulnerable people first and worst. Prolonged conflicts continue and instability has worsened in various parts of the planet, especially in Ethiopia, Myanmar and Afghanistan (…) The pandemic is not over and poor countries are deprived of vaccines, ”said Griffiths.
Despite the urgency, the UN and its allies are likely to be unable to obtain the funds they require.
This year, “we reached 70 percent of the people we wanted. We are aware that we are not going to get the 41 billion, no matter how hard we try, “added the UN director of humanitarian coordination.
The report presents country-specific plans for 30 nations, half of them in Africa alone and the other 50% between the Middle East, Asia and Latin America.
With EFE and AP
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