Demand for lifesaving aid up 10 percent this year: UN Relief Chief

• Published date: 19 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

The number of people in need has risen by around 10 percent this year so far, the UN's humanitarian affairs Chief said on Thursday.

Martin Griffiths, who is also the Emergency Relief Coordinator, said that around 303 million living in 69 countries, were in need of humanitarian aid and protection, compared with 274 million last December - a statistic which he described to reporters in Geneva, as "a sad record of human suffering."

"The number of people we aim to reach through our response plans, 202 million, is also more than 10 percent higher than what we projected last December," said Chief Griffiths.

"And the money we need is up from US$41 billion to US$46 billion...