As of 30 December, the funding gap of the 2015 UN-coordinated inter-agency appeals is US$9.6 billion which means that 48 per cent of the required funds remain unmet.
During December, newly reported contributions to FTS totalled $736 million for humanitarian response: for response plans specifically, $81.7 million for Iraq, $80.6 million for Yemen, and $41.4 million for Niger. As reported to FTS by 30 December, over $1.7 billion of humanitarian funding remain in outstanding pledges (of which $404 million is allocated for the coordinated response plans).
Reported funding to the Iraq response plans increased by 12 per cent ($81.7 million or 74 per cent funded). Funding for Niger increased by 10 per cent, Haiti by 8 per cent, and Yemen by 5 per cent. Most appeals posted slight increases by one or two per cent while many, including Djibouti, Gambia, Honduras, Guatemala, Nepal, Sahel regional, South Sudan and Vanuatu staying at the same funding level as in November.
Sahel regional (15 per cent) and the Gambia (5 per cent) remain the two most poorly-funded emergencies in 2015.
The Regional Refugee Response Plans (RRP) focus on refugee requirements from a regional perspective through a multi-sectoral approach. The 3RP for Syria is the most well-funded at $2.7 billion (59 per cent), followed by RRPs for Burundi (24 per cent), CAR (21 per cent) and South Sudan (21 per cent) which are among the least funded plans.
As the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is marking ten years, some 38 Member States and other contributors announced almost $252 million in pledges for 2016 in December, with further pledges expected to be announced early in the new year. In 2015, CERF received some $403 million or 90 per cent of its funding target in contributions; and allocated more than $470 million for life-saving response in 45 countries.
OCHA-managed country-based pooled funds (CBPFs) have received $580 million for 2015 from 19 Member State donors. This has allowed 18 funds to disburse some $500 million in support of affected people in the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Final disbursement figures will be available in January.
