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UN Fighting Losing Battle Global Humanitarian Crises
2016-01-27 16:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: As the global refugee crises continues to worsen by the hour, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is quick to point out that when he took office in January 2007, the international appeal for funds for humanitarian emergencies was only about 4.0 billion dollars annually. "Now, we need more than 20 billion dollars," he said last week, underlining the tragic turn of events worldwide: over 60 million people either displaced internally or who have fled their home countries becoming refugees virtually...
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