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UN appeals for funding as multiple crises strain humanitarian response
Summary
A UN spokesperson outlined simultaneous humanitarian emergencies — from a cholera outbreak in the Central African Republic and earthquake relief in Venezuela to a nationwide power outage in Cuba and acute needs in Gaza — and appealed for funding as stockpiles run low.
The UN spokesperson summarized a string of humanitarian crises on Thursday, warning that UN agencies and partners are stretched across multiple emergency responses and appealed for sustained international support.
The briefing said the UN emergency relief coordinator allocated $1,000,000 from the Central Emergency Response Fund for an urgent cholera response in the Central African Republic, where more than 400 suspected cases and 36 deaths have been reported. "The funding from CERF will fast track life-saving interventions on health, community engagement, water, sanitation and hygiene to reduce mortality and curb the spread of cholera," the spokesperson said.
In Gaza, the spokesperson said 1.4 million people require long-term shelter support, including 850,000 in need of emergency shelter. UN partners have dispatched more than 378,000 relief items in the past month but depleted winter stockpiles mean that, without additional funding, further vulnerable families face heightened risk.
The briefing also described Venezuela’s earthquake response three weeks after the tremors, saying UN agencies and partners are operating four temporary camps and that WFP has reached more than 67,000 people with food assistance while IOM has provided camp-management and coordination services for more than 6,000 people.
On Cuba, the spokesperson outlined repeated nationwide power outages — including a grid collapse this week — and reported that UN and partner assistance had reached roughly 500,000 people with clean water and over 900,000 with food assistance as of the end of June. The briefing said the UN plan of action for Cuba calls for $94,000,000 to assist 2,000,000 people and is currently about 40% funded.
The spokesperson emphasized that these appeals are part of ongoing plans: an addendum to the 2026 humanitarian plan for Venezuela was announced to extend support to up to 1,300,000 people affected by the earthquakes. The briefing acknowledged some imprecision in the transcript about timing and specific figures for that addendum and encouraged reporters to consult the published plan for full details.
The briefing closed with a request for continued international solidarity and funding to replenish stocks and sustain lifesaving assistance across these simultaneous responses.
