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U.N. relief agencies seek $16 billion to meet 'unprecedented' needs
Source: Los Angeles Times
U.N. relief agencies seek $16 billion to meet 'unprecedented' needs
By CAROL J. WILLIAMS
DECEMBER 8, 2014 12:47 PM
Armed conflicts driving millions to flee their homes have intensified over the last year and created an "unprecedented" refugee crisis that will require $16.4 billion to address next year, United Nations aid agencies warned Monday.
The humanitarian disaster in Syria continued to escalate this year, leaving the U.N. World Food Program with a $64-million shortfall that forced it to suspend a rationing program last week for 1.7 million of the displaced living in neighboring countries.
Syria, South Sudan, Iraq and the Central African Republic, all consumed by intractable battles, account for 70% of the relief demands placed on the international community, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in launching its appeal for 2015.
This year also saw new demands on the U.N. refugee agency from half a million Ukrainians forced to flee their homes as Russia-backed separatists fought government troops in a battle for territory in the troubled country's eastern regions.
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By CAROL J. WILLIAMS
DECEMBER 8, 2014 12:47 PM
Armed conflicts driving millions to flee their homes have intensified over the last year and created an "unprecedented" refugee crisis that will require $16.4 billion to address next year, United Nations aid agencies warned Monday.
The humanitarian disaster in Syria continued to escalate this year, leaving the U.N. World Food Program with a $64-million shortfall that forced it to suspend a rationing program last week for 1.7 million of the displaced living in neighboring countries.
Syria, South Sudan, Iraq and the Central African Republic, all consumed by intractable battles, account for 70% of the relief demands placed on the international community, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in launching its appeal for 2015.
This year also saw new demands on the U.N. refugee agency from half a million Ukrainians forced to flee their homes as Russia-backed separatists fought government troops in a battle for territory in the troubled country's eastern regions.
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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-un-refugees-16-billion-sought-20141208-story.html
