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December 9, 2014

U.N. Launches Record $16 Billion Appeal for Humanitarian Aid 
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The United Nations has launched a record appeal to meet the needs of
tens of millions of people in humanitarian emergencies worldwide. U.N.
humanitarian chief Valerie Amos unveiled the more than $16 billion
request.

Valerie Amos: "In the plans that we are launching today, a combined 78
million people are considered in need of humanitarian assistance, and we
aim to respond to the urgent needs of 57 million of them. This does not
include the nine countries in the Sahel and Djibouti; we will launch
those appeals in February. We require $16.4 billion to meet the needs in
the appeal that we are launching today."

The number of people in dire need during 2014 has nearly doubled to a
record 102 million from 54 million last year.

 

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