Global emergency aid delivery could end next month, UN warns A global emergency delivery service that has kept tons of humanitarian aid flowing despite coronavirus travel restrictions could shut down next month if funding can’t be found to keep it runningJOHANNESBURG -- A global emergency delivery service that has kept tons of humanitarian aid flowing despite coronavirus travel restrictions could shut down next month if funding can’t be found to keep it running, the World Food Program warned Friday. The shortfall comes “just as demand for this service is reaching its peak,” WFP said. Of the $965 million to keep the service going through the end of the year, $178 million has been confirmed. While nations that are traditionally the world’s top aid donors were distracted by the growing pandemic, the WFP, the United Nations' logistics leader, heaved the emergency operation into place with unprecedented reach. The emergency delivery effort involves almost 130 countries, Amer Daoudi, WFP senior director of operations, told The Associated Press.

Source: ABC News June 19, 2020 11:08 UTC