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Jul 09, 2007
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan this morning asked for $3.9 billion for basic life-sustaining humanitarian aid and protection in answer to the call of 27 million people across 29 countries whose lives were crippled by "conflict and calamity", as he launched the Humanitarian Appeal 2007.
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Asked how his Office had come up with the $3.9 billion figure and future projections, he (Jan Egeland Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator), said the plan was to eliminate world hunger and the abject needs seen year after year, including the abuse of women and refugees. That goal remained within reach even though $3.9 billion represented a decrease from last year. "It's one third of what we consume in ice cream in Europe," he said.
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Asked how his Office had come up with the $3.9 billion figure and future projections, he (Jan Egeland Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator), said the plan was to eliminate world hunger and the abject needs seen year after year, including the abuse of women and refugees. That goal remained within reach even though $3.9 billion represented a decrease from last year. "It's one third of what we consume in ice cream in Europe," he said.

