U.N. Seeks nearly $13 billion for Humanitarian Aid in 2014

Valerie Amos, the under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, told a news conference in Geneva that aid agencies needed nearly $13 billion for humanitarian relief operations worldwide in 2014. “This is the largest amount we have ever had to request at the start of the year,” she said

Half the total, $6.5 billion, was needed for Syria, in what Valerie Amos said was the biggest appeal ever for a single crisis.More than half of Syria’s population of 22 million is now in need of aid.