Record 235 mln people need humanitarian assistance in 2021: UN

Xinhua
01 Dec 2020, 18:30 GMT+10

A Palestinian child is seen in a slum of a refugee camp amid stormy weather in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Nov. 26, 2020. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

The global health crisis had resulted in people reeling from conflict, levels of displacement and climate change shocks. Plus, "multiple" famines are looming.

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance next year, a near-40 percent increase on 2020 which is "almost entirely from COVID-19," the UN's emergency relief chief said on Tuesday.

In an appeal for 35 billion U.S. dollars to meet humanitarian needs next year, Mark Lowcock said the global health crisis had resulted in people reeling from conflict, levels of displacement and climate change shocks.

He added that "multiple" famines are looming.

This year's Global Humanitarian Overview sets out plans "to reach 160 million of the most vulnerable people in 56 countries," Lowcock said.

He noted that while richer countries had invested large amount in staving off economic disaster from the COVID-induced slump and could now see "light at the end of the tunnel," the situation in relatively poor countries might not be the same. ■

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