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S/2017/1057 17-22479 13/20 Figure V Humanitarian response plan funding, 30 November 2017 (Millions of United States dollars) Visas and registrations 33. A total of 77 new United Nations visa requests were submitted to the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic in November. Of those, 3 6 were approved in November, 1 was denied and 40 remain pending. Of the 134 new visa applications submitted in September and October, 35 were a pproved in November and 1 was denied. A total of 78 United Nations visa renewal requests were submitted in November, of which 31 were approved and 47 remain pending. An additional 27 requests for visa renewals were submitted in September and October, all of which were approved. 34. A total of 23 international NGOs are registered with the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic to operate in the country. Other international NGOs are at various stages of completing registration with the Government. Some 220 national NGOs are authorized by the Government to operate through 315 branches countrywide. Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and premises 35. Programmes of the United Nations agencies, funds and programmes are implemented in areas affected by frequent clashes among b elligerents, air strikes, regular exchanges of indirect artillery fire and asymmetric attacks. ISIL is also increasingly reverting to the practice of carrying out asymmetric attacks. 36. Since the start of the conflict, dozens of humanitarian workers have been killed, including 22 staff members of United Nations system entities, 18 of whom were staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), along with 66 staff members and volunteers of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and 8 staff members and volunteers of the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Many staff members of international and national NGOs have also reportedly been killed. Unmet requirement: $1.65 billio