Increasing funding to local responders

Opinion Editorial January 17, 2017

Humanitarian needs continue to outstrip resources. The 2016 UN appeal of USD 19.7 billion was the highest ever, but almost half of needs remained unmet. For 2017, the UN is asking for even more money - USD 22 billion - to ease human suffering in places like Syria, Yemen, South Sudan and Iraq.

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