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U.N. Says World Faces Largest Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945
Wall Street Journal ^ | March 11, 2017

Posted on 03/11/2017 6:18:40 AM PST by chuckee

Humanitarian chief urges funds for Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia, northeast Nigeria

UNITED NATIONS—The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945, with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Friday.

Stephen O’Brien told the U.N. Security Council that “without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death” and “many more will suffer and die from disease.”

He urged an immediate injection of funds for Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and northeast Nigeria, plus safe and unimpeded access for humanitarian aid “to avert a catastrophe.”

“To be precise,” Mr. O’Brien said, “we need $4.4 billion by July.”

Without a major infusion of money, he said, children will be stunted by severe malnutrition and won’t be able to go to school, gains in economic development will be reversed and “livelihoods, futures and hope will be lost.”.....

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: humanitariancrisis; un
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Remember UN oil for food? Running humanitarian food money through the UN is like running Elvis' money through Colonel Tom Parker. Neither ever seems to reach its designated beneficiary intact.
1 posted on 03/11/2017 6:18:40 AM PST by chuckee
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To: chuckee

I thought that the UN wanted to reduce the world population.Or is it just the white population they want to reduce?


2 posted on 03/11/2017 6:22:39 AM PST by Farmer Dean ("Do you want me to shoot,I'm rested.")
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To: chuckee

u.n.? Yawn..............Pack yer bags and turn in your credit cards.


3 posted on 03/11/2017 6:23:33 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: chuckee
Bring them all to the United States, and let the taxpayers support their every need and whim.

Our judges tell us that to do otherwise would be "unconstitutional."



4 posted on 03/11/2017 6:23:35 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Farmer Dean

Oooooo....I never thought of that. You’re very probably right.

Being a pale-face has become very un-PC.


5 posted on 03/11/2017 6:25:56 AM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: chuckee

All those places must have something in common. What could it be? Hmmm...


6 posted on 03/11/2017 6:26:43 AM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: chuckee

Yeah... okay. Thanks for the info...


7 posted on 03/11/2017 6:26:55 AM PST by Common Sense 101
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To: SkyPilot

Keep them out.

Forever.


8 posted on 03/11/2017 6:26:56 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: chuckee

That settles it for me, we need to immediately MOVE the UN to Syria so they can be right on the front lines leading these massive humanitarian efforts.


9 posted on 03/11/2017 6:27:58 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: chuckee

There was a time when Western missionaries fulfilled the role of helping feed the world’s poor and afflicted and much of the money donated for such missionary food programs did indeed reach its intended recipients Unfortunately we now live in a different world wherein most of the regions described in this article, the afflicted would be more interested in taking the heads of the missionaries rather than the food. So the UN kleptocracy gets to steal a little off the top to deliver the butter with the necessary guns to keep the war torn recipients from killing the delivery man.


10 posted on 03/11/2017 6:29:55 AM PST by chuckee
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“To be precise,” Mr. O’Brien said, ...


11 posted on 03/11/2017 6:33:31 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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All was pure shangri-la until January 20, 2017. I'm surprised it took them this long to come up with their sky is falling money grab. Without Oloser they're not getting the money shoved to them Iranian style.

I love that they're in panic mode.
12 posted on 03/11/2017 6:33:31 AM PST by ssfromla
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To: chuckee

No matter how much money the UN collects, they don’t fix anything!


13 posted on 03/11/2017 6:34:08 AM PST by jch10 (President Trump, President Trump, President Trump! I just love saying that!)
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To: chuckee

I believe there is a crisis, the UN cartel isn’t getting enough money.

There was no looming crisis when O was in office, I’m sure he funneled enough money to keep them appeased.


14 posted on 03/11/2017 6:36:23 AM PST by tiki
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To: chuckee

The United Nations organized crime syndicate pleading for more graft.


15 posted on 03/11/2017 6:39:05 AM PST by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Hugin

That’s the problem. These people create their own sh!t holes, then they expect the rest of the world to clean them up. It just amazes me how these people who claim that Islam is the “way”, want to leave Islamic countries and go to non-Islamic countries. You would think that even liberals could make this connection.


16 posted on 03/11/2017 6:39:59 AM PST by fhayek
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To: chuckee

Send them all to Hollywood.


17 posted on 03/11/2017 6:45:02 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: chuckee

How about instilling a U.N. GUNS for FOOD program? That should take care of world hunger.


18 posted on 03/11/2017 6:45:26 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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U.N. Says World Faces Largest Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945

A bunch of raghead terrorist cutthroats, displaced and hungry? -

NOT OUR PROBLEM!

Let the saudis and the muzzie countries take care of their own.

19 posted on 03/11/2017 6:45:47 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Send 0bama and the Clintons to a Black Site IMMEDIATELY for rendition on charges of TREASON!)
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According to a recent Google search, there are 65 million refugees this year. The US and Europe cannot take them all in and expect to survive. The crises must be solved at their sources. Is the UN the way to do this? I dunno, there are arguments on both sides.


20 posted on 03/11/2017 6:45:52 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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