The absence of the UN High Commissioner for Refugee Affairs necessitated reductions in several of its global programmes.
The Commission said in a statement that a financing is needed at least $ 700 million before the end of the year, warning that “the next round of discounts in aid will be disastrous for the needy.
The Commission was unable to purchase enough soap and hygiene products in Uganda, which is now battling Ebola outbreaks, and this shortage has already impacted the fundamental services there.
Due to a fuel shortage, the camps in Chad lost access to water.
According to UNHCR, 70,000 “extremely weak refugee families” in Lebanon “no longer receive their safety network assistance from UNHCR.”
“These have become people, and their lives are on the line. This is a real and imminent emergency call. Due to the convergence of conflict and violence, as well as economic and geopolitical forces, the needs are growing. Even while donors were again generous, the financing does not keep up with the demands of millions of the world’s most vulnerable people due to ongoing crises and new hostilities, particularly in Ukraine.
The Commission said that “the cumulative repercussions of the Ukrainian crisis” have an impact on its capacity to deliver impartial performance everywhere.
UN: The $ 700 million funding deficit might cause a catastrophe that affects millions of people.
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