US EditionUN Seeks $23 Billion Following 2025 Funding Shortfall
UN prioritizes lifesaving aid for 87 million people with a $23 billion appeal amid lowest funding in a decade, aiming to raise $33 billion for 135 million globally.
- On Monday, the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs cut its 2026 appeal to US$23 billion, roughly half the original request amid the lowest funding in a decade.
- Donor funding plunged after steep US cuts under President Donald Trump and other Western donors, forcing OCHA to shrink the 2026 appeal after the 2025 appeal raised only $12 billion, the lowest in a decade.
- The appeal targets Gaza, Sudan and Syria with major requests including $4.1 billion for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, $2.9 billion for Sudan and $2.8 billion for Syria.
- Funding shortfalls have already left humanitarian agencies and local partners reaching 25 million fewer people this year, driving rising hunger and strained health systems, the United Nations said.
- The UN plans a rapid 87-day drive and appeals beyond governments to civil society as Tom Fletcher urged UN Member States to fund the appeal, asking for just over 1% of defence spending and saying `This is a time of brutality, impunity and indifference`.
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On Monday, the UN rejected the world's "apathy" in the face of the suffering of millions of people around the world, by launching a largely restricted humanitarian appeal 2026 to respond to funding in freefall.
UN Warns Of ‘Life And Death’ Choices After Historic Aid Shortfall
The United Nations sharply reduced its 2026 humanitarian aid appeal after global funding collapsed to its lowest level in a decade. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is now seeking $23 billion, less than half of last year’s $47 billion request, which brought in only $12 billion. UN Humanitarian Chief Tom Fletcher said the cut reflects “excruciating life and death choices” as aid budgets shrink worldwide, driven in…
"It's an era of brutality, impunity and indifference," the head of humanitarian operations at the UN took away.
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Tom Fletcher, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs, launched the UN Humanitarian Appeal 2026 on Monday, 8 December, in particular by denouncing the "apathy" and "indifference" of our times in the face of the decline in aid.
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