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UN appeals for record $22.5bn in global aid


The United Nations appealed yesterday for a record $22.5bn (18.9bn euros) to provide aid in 2018 to soaring numbers of people slammed by conflicts and disasters around the world.The global appeal by UN agencies and other humanitarian organisations aims to raise funds to help the some 91mn most vulnerable of the nearly 136mn people expected to need aid across 26 countries next year.The number of people in need of international assistance worldwide has thus risen more than 5% from last year’s estimate.“More people than ever before will need our assistance,” UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said in a statement launching …read more

Source: Gulf times

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