U.N. appeals for record $22.2B humanitarian funding in 2017

The United Nations on Monday appealed for $22.2 billion in funding to cover humanitarian relief projects to aid 93 million people and 33 countries in 2017.

"The world is facing a state of humanitarian crisis not seen since the Second World War: more than 128 million people are affected by conflict, displacement, natural disasters and profound vulnerability," the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, said in a statement released along with its annual report.
 [upi.com]
 5/12/16