00:00The humanitarian system is overstretched, underfunded and under attack, the United
00:08Nations humanitarian chief warned on Monday as he launched an appeal for $23 billion for 2026.
00:18The UN's goal for next year is to save 87 million lives through 29 response plans in 50 countries.
00:25What do we need in order to save 87 million lives next year? We need protection for our work,
00:35we need that energetic peacemaking and we need $23 billion. Of course, we need so much more,
00:45but this plan shows how we will spend that first $23 billion of what I'm sure we will raise
00:52on the most urgent prioritized life-saving work. And I know budgets are tight right now,
00:59families everywhere are under strain, but the world spent $2.7 trillion on defense last year,
01:06on guns and arms. And I'm asking for just over 1% of that. The total global appeal could be fully funded
01:17if the global top 10% of earners, that's everyone earning over $100,000, gave just 20 cents a day.
01:27Fletcher said that UN agencies reached 98 million people last year,
01:32even though its annual appeal brought in just $12 billion.
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