The United Nations urged governments on January 11, 2005 to harness the unprecedented outpouring of support for the tsunami disaster and help more than 20 million other people caught in "forgotten" crises around the world. According to the Consolidated appeal for 2005, the top 14 areas in need of help are: Occupied Palestinian Territories, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad, Somalia, Uganda, Eritrea, West Africa, Burundi, Great Lakes Region of Africa, Chechnya, Guinea, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Congo.