The UN has
appealed for $16.4billion (£10.4billion) to provide aid to nearly 60
million people worldwide next year, with almost half the amount aimed at
helping victims of Syria's drawn-out conflict.
'The
rising scale of need is outpacing our capacity to respond,' warned
United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos, stressing that 2014 has
been marked by a sharp rise in the number of people affected by violent
conflicts.
The
global appeal from UN agencies and other humanitarian organisations
aims to gather funds to help at least 57.5 million of the most
vulnerable across 22 countries.
The UN says that $2.8billion is needed to help those caught in the Syrian civil war.The UN is calling for $2.8bn to help 12.2m people inside war-ravaged Syria next year.A full $7.2billion of the amount requested
for 2015 will be aimed at helping an estimated 18.2 million people
victimised by Syria's bloody civil war, which erupted in March 2011.Another $4.4 million will
be needed to help more than three million Syrian refugees and some three
million vulnerable people in overwhelmed host communities in
neighbouring countries
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