UN Requests Record $51 Billion For Humanitarian Relief Efforts

As a result of the war in Ukraine, the United Nations requested a record $51.5 billion in humanitarian aid from its member countries.

The U.N.'s Global Humanitarian Overview requested a 25% increase in funding over the previous year.

The U.N.'s top emergency relief official said it will be difficult to achieve the new goal because the agency only received half of the funding requested.

More than 300 million people are impacted by the war in Ukraine, an increase of 65 million since the beginning of the year, according to the Secretary-General.

Ten countries have individually appealed for more than $1 billion for the first time, according to a report.

According to the U.N., an estimated 45 million people across 37 countries are at risk of starving in the next five years.

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The war in Ukraine has led to an increase in the needs. I fear that 2023 is going to be an acceleration of all those trends, and we hope that it will be a year of solidarity, like it has been in the past.

$5 million. 5 million Ukrainian refugees have fled the war in Europe and the U.N. wants to aid them.

Key Background

The UN estimates the number of people affected by humanitarian crises every year. Humanitarian needs are high as this year's extreme events are spilling into next year. Efforts to end extreme poverty and other diseases have been put on hold due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

More than 4 million refugees have fled to other countries.

According to the UN, more than 8 million refugees will flee Ukraine this year.