UNITED NATIONS (HRNW) – The United Nations on Thursday issued a new appeal for $4.7 billion in funding to “protect millions of lives and stem the spread of coronavirus in fragile countries.”
“I would like to see some of the wealthiest people in the world who are making money right now step up and be generous,” David Beasley, director of the UN s World Food Programme, told a videoconference.
Beasley urged the world s wealthiest people and companies to “step up in a major, major way,” saying that “if they do, we ll all benefit — if they don t, everyone has to pay a price.”
The money is on top of the $2 billion the UN already called for when it launched its global humanitarian response plan on March 25. It has received about half of that money so far.
“The most devastating and destabilizing effects” of the novel coronavirus pandemic “will be felt in the world s poorest countries,” the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs, Mark Lowcock, said in a statement.
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