UN agencies face $2,25bn shortfall

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UN agencies, whose work benefit an estimated 50-million people worldwide, need $2,25-billion until the end of 2004 to implement their programmes, reports the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

"The response so far is too little too late for millions of victims in forgotten emergencies," Jan Egeland, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said in a statement issued in New York and Geneva.

He added that timely and increased funding was essential for an effective response to the requirements of millions of people affected by 25 crises in Africa, Europe and Asia.

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