A world of humanitarian crises: for 2022 the UN asks for funds of 41 billion dollars, it is a record

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02 December 2021 A world without peace. The emergency that is no longer an emergency, but a state of affairs, such as famines and medical aid. A world for which the United Nations has asked for a record 41 billion dollars in aid by 2022. 17% more than the record of 35 billion requested for this year.

This was announced by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), according to which 274 million people in the world - one in 29 - will need some form of emergency assistance next year. A human and fragile tide already bent by wars, climate change and where the pandemic has also fallen. “The climate crisis is affecting the most vulnerable people in the world first and most severely. The conflicts - said Martin Griffiths, head of the OCHA - continue and the instability has worsened in various parts of the world, in particular in Ethiopia, Burma and Afghanistan ", said Martin Griffiths, head of the OCHA." The pandemic is not over and poor countries do not have vaccines ”.The states where the humanitarian crisis will be felt most are Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Burma, Syria and Yemen.

The pandemic has plunged 20 million people into extreme poverty in the last year, disrupted many health systems, with a deleterious effect on the fight against other plagues such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.

This year 23 million children were unable to receive basic vaccines. At the same time, global warming and subsequent natural disasters could force 216 million people to flee their country by 2050. And climate change still makes famine "a real possibility for 45 million people in 43 countries," warns the relationship. "Without lasting and immediate action, 2022 could prove catastrophic" in a world where 811 million people are already malnourished. Afghanistan is in crisis due to a conflict that has lasted for decades, to which is added a catastrophic drought and an economy in free fall since the arrival of the Taliban to power.

A world without peace where numbers and forecasts are not cold words but tell ordinary realities and with little space in the world of information.

 Two thirds of the population is in need of help and nine million people are on the brink of famine. The UN needs 4.5 billion for 22 million Afghans next year. Same situation in Yemen and Syria, where another conflict is lost in the pages of history. There is Ethiopia where the pressure of the offensive launched by Addis Abeba against the Tiger is. Millions of people fled in a year of war. According to the OCHA report, 26 million people depend on humanitarian aid in the country of the Horn of Africa and 400,000 are on the verge of starvation. After the suspension on October 22, the UN announced the resumption of humanitarian flights in Tigray. General Secretary Antonio Guterres said 157 aid trucks are already in the city of Mekele and another is on the way.