United Nations: The UN humanitarian chief says 80 governments and 45 world leaders will be coming to the first UN humanitarian summit in Istanbul later this month to tackle the growing gap between the 125 million people in dire need of assistance and the money available to help them.
The 80 governments who have confirmed their attendance at the May 23-24 summit represent just over 40 percent of the 193 UN member states. But Stephen O'Brien told a news conference Monday that he's "very encouraged at the numbers coming" and expecting more.
He said there will be about 6,000 people attending including 250 private sector leaders, heads of humanitarian organizations and representatives of civil society, affected communities and youth.
O'Brien said the world's generosity "hasn't been sufficient to meet the growing gap."
