The UN humanitarian appeal for 2023 is estimated to cost USD 51.5 billion which has a 25 per cent increase compared to the beginning of this year, according to the United Nation and partner organizations.
As 339 million people are in need of assistance in 69 countries, 2023 will set another record for humanitarian relief requirements. Next year will register an increase of 65 million people compared to the previous year, as stated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Martin Griffiths, UN emergency relief coordinator said, “Humanitarian needs are shockingly high, as this year’s extreme events are spilling into 2023.”
He further said, “Lethal droughts and floods are wreaking havoc in communities from Pakistan to the Horn of Africa. The war in Ukraine has turned a part of Europe into a battlefield. More than 100 million people are now displaced worldwide. And all of this on top of the devastation left by the pandemic among the world’s poorest. For people on the brink, this appeal is a lifeline. For the international community, it is a strategy to make good on the pledge to leave no one behind.”
The UN launched the 2023 Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) today, in collaboration with NGOs and other humanitarian partners, gives a clear idea of what the future holds.
By the end of 2022, at least 222 million people in 53 countries will experience severe food insecurity, prompting this enormous UN appeal. OCHA estimates that 45 million people in 37 countries are at risk of hunger.
The COVID-19 virus, monkeypox, vector-borne illnesses, and cholera and Ebola epidemics are all putting a strain on public health. Risks and susceptibility are rising as a result of climate change. Extreme heat could kill as many people by the end of the century as cancer. According to OCHA, it will take four generations, or 132 years, to achieve gender parity worldwide. Intriguingly, 388 million women and girls live in abject poverty worldwide.
