U.N. Reduces 2024 Aid Appeal to $46 Billion Amid Funding Crisis

Severe funding shortfall forces U.N. to target fewer people, despite escalating global humanitarian needs.

The United Nations has reduced its 2024 global humanitarian appeal to $46 billion, aiming to help 180 million people, due to a severe funding crisis.
The reduction comes after the U.N. received just over one-third of the $57 billion it sought to assist 245 million people in 2023, marking the worst funding shortfall in years.
Despite the efforts, around 38% of those targeted did not receive the aid they were supposed to.
Nearly 300 million people are projected to need humanitarian assistance and protection in 2024, equivalent to the population of the world's fourth most populous nation.
The U.N. cites new and resurgent conflicts, the global climate emergency, disease outbreaks, and persistent, unequal economic pressures as reasons for the escalated needs.