UN chief urges more aid

Guterres visited Somalia on Monday, April 11, 2023.

[{"selector":"#anim-c2f8d976-909f-4c59-9211-d407cda5234c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Somalia on Monday to assess the humanitarian situation in the country.

[{"selector":"#anim-8329f814-940e-431c-81d4-47d883aa2011 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-59.86201261264233%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Guterres met with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and other government officials to discuss the drought and the need for international assistance.

[{"selector":"#anim-472d088c-dbbb-4067-8cc0-608a18b60845 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(7.812499744007886%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The UN estimates that 6.8 million people in Somalia are in need of humanitarian assistance, including 2.9 million who are facing acute food insecurity.

[{"selector":"#anim-e12a232b-6d2f-48ff-879b-f761e654a1cd [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-11.149596932226014%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Guterres called on the international community to provide more aid to Somalia, saying that "the world cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the suffering of the Somali people."

[{"selector":"#anim-2054755e-f76c-4728-a41f-0e7f966a0962 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(30.851063713592232%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The UN has appealed for $1.4 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to Somalia in 2022.

[{"selector":"#anim-6490d436-e18e-4eaa-bc43-4f7e4acb48d6 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-27.70270256740357%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] Guterres also visited a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Mogadishu.The camp is home to more than 10,000 people who have been displaced by the drought.

[{"selector":"#anim-d4d4bf50-86ad-473e-9611-eb18a6953452 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(32.225167302857294%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] He said that he was "deeply moved" by the stories he heard and that he was "committed to doing everything possible to help the Somali people."

[{"selector":"#anim-ac552970-3167-44d3-b126-e81422587cef [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] The UN has appealed for $1.4 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to Somalia in 2022. The international community must stand with Somalia in its hour of need.

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