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<p>We are deeply concerned about the scale of the humanitarian crisis across the Lake
Chad Basin. This will require a sustained, multi-year response to support communities
devastated by the conflict. The UK is scaling up our support.</p><p>In addition to
the £90 million of humanitarian assistance we are already delivering in the region,
the UK has now pledged a further £80 million of humanitarian funding. £50 million
will go towards meeting the needs of the worst affected communities in Nigeria with
food assistance and access to essential household items and services, and £30 million
to support those who have been affected by the spread of Boko Haram into Cameroon,
Chad and Niger.</p><p>HMG is using a range of opportunities to push our partners and
governments across the region on scaling up and improving the quality of the response.
This includes calling for a Security Council briefing on the humanitarian situation
which took place in July 2016; a joint demarche to the UN with the French and USA
on the need to improve humanitarian capacity and performance in mid-August; chairing
a Lake Chad Basin meeting in the margins of UN General assembly in September 2016,
and ongoing high level bilateral meetings with UN officials.</p>
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