UN rights chief appeals for $400 million as crises mount and funding shrinks

[Daily Maverick - Zambia] - 5/02/2026

U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk appealed for $400 million on Thursday to address mounting human rights needs in countries such as Sudan and Myanmar, after donor funding cuts drastically reduced the work of his office and left it in "survival mode".

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