[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN relief efforts for S. Sudan, Sudan need better funding

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN agency: Egypt's mass death sentences violate international law Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   March 26, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN relief efforts for S. Sudan, Sudan need better funding United Nations efforts to provide nearly $2.3 billion in humanitarian relief to Sudan, its Darfur region and South Sudan are being curtailed by lack of donor funding, says John Ging, operations chief for the UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Just 3% of the $995 million request for Sudan has been funded, and only 25% of the $1.3 billion request for South Sudan has been met. "In that gap -- between what we receive and what we need -- are people dying," Ging says. 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