UN Launches Multi-Billion Dollar Appeal for World's Most Vulnerable

The United Nations is launching a $21.9 billion humanitarian appeal for 2019 to help nearly 94 million people in 42 countries survive conflict, hunger, homelessness, deprivation, and the impact of climate change. The United Nations said it expects its 2019 appeal will reach a record-breaking high of $25 billion after Syria's humanitarian needs are fully assessed early next year. The beneficiaries of the appeal constitute the most vulnerable of nearly 132 million people across the...

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