[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN needs nearly $13B to fund "extraordinary year" for humanitarian relief

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Ban lauds Panama on interception of N. Korea missile shipment Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   July 18, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN needs nearly $13B to fund "extraordinary year" for humanitarian relief The United Nations is asking for $12.94 billion in humanitarian aid assistance due to increased relief demands from Syria and its neighbors, as well as the Central African Republic and Mali. At least 73 million people combined in 24 countries are in need of assistance, says Valerie Amos, UN undersecretary-general. "In a normal year, that would be a huge statement to the commitment to humanitarian action," she said. "But this is an extraordinary year." The Seattle Times/The Associated Press (7/17), Voice of America (7/17) Share:      Above the Fold Ban lauds Panama on interception of N. 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Quartz (7/18) Share:        Extreme drought in Namibia threatens children Reuters (7/18) Share:      Women Girls Afghan women's societal importance underscored by USAID program The U.S. Agency for International Development is launching a $200 million program today to help Afghan women ages 18 to 30 get jobs, learn leadership skills and become entrepreneurs. "It is a unique effort to ensure that women are a major part of Afghanistan's social, economic and political fabric over the next decade, because if they're not Afghanistan is not likely to be successful," says USAID head Rajiv Shah. Reuters (7/18) Share:      UNFPA streamlines World Bank access to reproductive health supplies Supply Management online (U.K.) (7/16) Share:      Peacekeeping and Security Syrian refugees criticize U.S.'s lack of action on civil war U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan today and heard criticism that the world wasn't doing enough to end the civil war. 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