AMMAN —
UNICEF appealed Tuesday for $2.6 billion from
international donors to fund life-saving aid across the war-torn MENA region.
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UNICEF said the emergency funding would enable it to
"deliver lifesaving assistance to over 52.7 million children in need"
in 2023.
"With almost half of the countries in the region living
in crisis or undergoing ripple effects of conflicts and wars, children remain
the most affected and in massive need of assistance," said the agency's
regional director, Adele Khodr.
"Year after year, a dire situation gets much worse with
many families becoming poorer as they face the impacts of multiple
crises," she added.
The region is home to some of the world's longest-running
conflicts. Almost 12 years of war in
Syria have left more than 6.5 million
children dependent on aid, according to UNICEF.
Conflict in Yemen has created what the UN has dubbed the
world's worst humanitarian crisis, with almost every child in the country
dependent on some form of assistance.
UNICEF said the
MENA region, including Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan,
Libya, Jordan and the Palestinian territories, account for 25 percent of the
global funding it is seeking from donors for next year.
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