The United Nations, or U.N., is asking for $22.2 billion dollars to provide life-saving help for nearly 93 million people worldwide. The U.N. made the request on Monday to international donors. The request says the donations would go to helping the most vulnerable people in 33 countries. U.N. officials say the world is facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II. They say more than 128 million people are in need of urgent support. The people are said to be victims of conflict, displacement and natural disasters. Of this number, U.N. officials are requesting money to help the individuals most severely in need of life-saving assistance. Stephen O’Brien is the U.N.’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. He says the donations will make a big difference in the lives of tens of millions of people. O’Brien said the money will be used for life-saving food assistance to people close to starvation in areas including the Lake Chad Basin and South Sudan.
Title: U.N. Asks for Record $22 Billion to Aid World's Needy
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Asks for Record $22 Billion to Aid World's Needy' data-article-id='2062'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14250'>The United Nations, or U.N., is asking for $22.2 billion dollars to provide life-saving help for nearly 93 million people worldwide.</span> <span data-start-time='14250' data-end-time='20188'>The U.N. made the request on Monday to international donors.</span> <span data-start-time='20188' data-end-time='29313'>The request says the donations would go to helping the most vulnerable people in 33 countries.</span> <span data-start-time='29313' data-end-time='38708'>U.N. officials say the world is facing its biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II.</span> <span data-start-time='38708' data-end-time='46979'>They say more than 128 million people are in need of urgent support.</span> <span data-start-time='46979' data-end-time='55333'>The people are said to be victims of conflict, displacement and natural disasters.</span> <span data-start-time='55333' data-end-time='67125'>Of this number, U.N. officials are requesting money to help the individuals most severely in need of life-saving assistance.</span> <span data-start-time='67125' data-end-time='74896'>Stephen O’Brien is the U.N.’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.</span> <span data-start-time='74896' data-end-time='82958'>He says the donations will make a big difference in the lives of tens of millions of people.</span> <span data-start-time='82958' data-end-time='97042'>O’Brien said the money will be used for life-saving food assistance to people close to starvation in areas including the Lake Chad Basin and South Sudan.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1547/the_un_made_the_request_on_monday_to__blank_.m4a'>The U.N. made the request on Monday to <span class='blank'>international donors</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='international donors'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1547/china.m4a'><span>China</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1547/international_donors.m4a'><span>international donors</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1547/the_united_states.m4a'><span>the United States</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1547/the_military.m4a'><span>the military</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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