UN / SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE

United Nations Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric announced the launch of a $852 million Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Somalia, which he said, “is 40 percent less than last year” and “aims to support 2.4 million people.” UNIFEEED

• Video Length: 00:01:29
• Production Date: 26 January 2026
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; UNITED NATIONS BUDGET
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: 3528174
• Parent Id: 3528174
• Alternate Title: unifeed250126d

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STORY: UN / SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
TRT: 01:29
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 26 JANUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

26 JANUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the podium
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Our humanitarian colleagues said that this year’s plan calls for $852 million, which is 40 percent less than last year. It aims to support 2.4 million people, which is less than half of the people in need of humanitarian assistance, leaving significant gaps in essential services. Our humanitarian colleagues stress that it is important to note that this reduction in the funding we’re appealing for is due to constrained resources, not reduced humanitarian needs. The launch comes at an unprecedented time for Somalia, with funding shortfalls squeezing humanitarian programmes just as the country faces a severe drought. Our colleagues warn that without urgent and scaled-up assistance, the combined prolonged drought, livelihood collapse, displacement, disease outbreaks and reduced humanitarian aid will worsen food insecurity, water shortages and health risks will increase. Last year, the Response Plan was only funded at 27 percent, with $397 million out of the $1.4 billion we requested, forcing humanitarian organizations to sharply reduce and, in some cases, suspend life-saving assistance for human beings.”
5. Wide shot, end of presser

Storyline

United Nations Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today (26 Jan) announced the launch of a $852 million Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Somalia, which he said, “is 40 percent less than last year” and “aims to support 2.4 million people.”

Dujarric said the 2026 plan aims to help “less than half of the people in need of humanitarian assistance, leaving significant gaps in essential services.”

He stressed that the reduction in funding “is due to constrained resources, not reduced humanitarian needs.”

Dujarric said, “without urgent and scaled-up assistance, the combined prolonged drought, livelihood collapse, displacement, disease outbreaks and reduced humanitarian aid will worsen food insecurity, water shortages and health risks will increase,” and noted that “last year, the Response Plan was only funded at 27 percent, with $397 million out of the $1.4 billion we requested, forcing humanitarian organizations to sharply reduce and, in some cases, suspend life-saving assistance for human beings.”