U.N. launches record $22.2 billion humanitarian appeal for 2017

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The logo of the United Nations is seen on the outside of their headquarters in New York, September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations needs a record $22.2 billion to cover humanitarian relief projects next year, covering the needs of 93 million people in 33 countries, U.N. humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said on Monday. "This is a reflection of a state of humanitarian need in the world not witnessed since the Second World War," he told a news conference, adding that 80 percent of the needs stemmed from man-made conflicts, such as those in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Nigeria and South Sudan. (Reporting by Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay)