United Nations Coordinated Appeals
As of 30 June, United Nations-coordinated appeals and refugee response plans making up the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) require US$23.5 billion to meet the humanitarian needs of 101.2 million crisis-affected people in 37 countries. The appeals are funded at $7.0 billion, leaving a shortfall of $16.5 billion.
Urgent funding is required to enable the UN and partners to deliver timely live-saving assistance. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, violent conflict in the Kasai region has displaced 1.3 million people over the last eight months. The Kasai Flash Appeal, requesting $64.5 million for six months, continues to be critically underfunded. In Mali, funding is urgently required for key elements in the 2017 Humanitarian Response Plan, which has only received 24% of the $293 million required.
In the occupied Palestinian territory, an internal dispute has caused an acute energy crisis in Gaza since April 2017. A $25.2 million appeal to address urgent medical, WASH and food security needs of two million people in Gaza was launched on 3 July. Please see icon overleaf for information on urgent funding needs in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Myanmar, the occupied Palestinian territory, Somalia, Sudan, Ukraine and Yemen.
According to reports to FTS as at 3O June, the top-funded appeals by percentage covered are the Niger HRP at 54%, South Sudan at 51%, Iraq at 43%, Burundi at 42% and Myanmar at 40%. In contrast, the five least-funded response plans are Djibouti at 16%, the Peru flash appeal at 16%, Chad at 15% and Senegal at 10.7%. The Burundi Refugee Response Plan is only 5% funded.
The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has approved $266 million for 27 countries, including a disbursement of $10.5 million for Angola in response to the refugee influx from DRC and $4 million for immediate assistance to flood-affected people in Sri Lanka. CERF allocated $37 million more in rapid-response grants to be disbursed by 30 June, exceeding its historical average for the same period due to high demands. CERF income in 2016 was lower than expected at $422 million, short of the minimum $450 million annual target, and income this year to date has not closed the gap. As a result, the second round of 2017 underfunded emergencies allocations has been delayed and rapid-response allocations reduced to comport with available cash. New and additional contributions this year will be critical.
As of end June, 23 donors have contributed $387 million (including $113 million in pledges) to the 18 active country-based pooled funds (CBPFs) in 2017, and CBPFs have allocated $253 million to humanitarian partners: 49% to international NGOs, 28% to UN organizations, 22% to national NGOs and 1% to Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement organizations. Another $74 million of project proposals are being reviewed across the funds, including $10 million towards the first Nigeria allocation. Real-time information on CBPF contributions and allocations is available on http://gms.unocha.org/bi.