The United Nations (UN) has released on Thursday March 6, $ 110 million (102 million euros) from its emergency aid fund to compensate “The hasty decline” A amounts devoted to humanitarian aid worldwide, according to a statement, especially by the United States.
These emergency funds must “Strengthen vital assistance in ten of the most underwater and neglected crises in the world, in Africa, Asia and Latin America”underlines the press release. A third of the total amount will go to Sudan, which is currently experiencing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, as well as in neighboring Chad who welcomes countless refugees who fled to the Sudanese neighbor.
“For countries experienced by conflicts, climate change and economic turbulence, brutal budget cuts do not mean that humanitarian needs disappear”underlined Tom Fletcher, the deputy secretary general for humanitarian affairs and coordinator of UN emergency aid.
The funds released on Thursday, “Will also strengthen the humanitarian response in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Honduras, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Venezuela and Zambia”specifies the press release, without detailing its ventilation.
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Money should also be used to protect the populations most vulnerable to climatic shocks.
In 2025, more than 300 million people will depend on humanitarian aid, “But funding decreases every year” AND “Should fall on a historically low level this year”.
In general, the major UN humanitarian agencies and NGOs have seen the budgets are reduced. But it is the decision of the United States-until then and by far the most important provider of humanitarian aid-to freeze almost all of foreign aid, then to remove an important part, which caused an unprecedented crisis in many aid organizations in many sectors and regions of the world.
The UN recalls in its press release that it estimated the humanitarian needs at $ 45 billion to help 185 million of the most vulnerable people taken in crises worldwide. “To date, only 5 % of this funding has been received, leaving a deficit of more than $ 42 billion”Insists the UN, while the first quarter of the year will soon be sold.
