Geneva, Dec 4 (EFE).- Increasing and brutal armed conflicts together with climate disasters exacerbated by global warming will cause 305 million people in the world to depend on humanitarian aid in 2025, according to the United Nations.
The world organization Wednesday published its global humanitarian overview for 2025, aimed at providing assistance to 190 million people in extreme need, for which it will require $47.4 billion.
“The world is on fire…We are dealing with a polycrisis right now globally and it is the most vulnerable people in the world who are paying the price. We are dealing with the impact of conflicts – multiple conflicts – and crises of longer duration and of more intense ferocity” said Tom Fletcher, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and head of the UN aid coordination office, OCHA.
However, the UN pointed out the lack of funding which has hampered aid and assistance efforts in different parts of the world.
Humanitarian funding has been declining further and further in recent years, while needs have grown at an alarming rate, leading Fletcher to underline that one of his priorities will be to convince donor countries to respond to these crises in a practical way and with the right resources.
Fletcher said that this year there were 14 crises around the world, especially underlining the conflicts in Syria, Sudan, Ukraine, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Venezuela and Myanmar, all of which required a large amount of humanitarian aid.
The humanitarian plan responds to the most vital needs that, in many cases, are the difference between life and death, and seeks to finance not only the operations of UN agencies, but also some 1,500 international and local humanitarian partners on the ground in 32 countries and nine refugee-receiving regions. EFE
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