Over 10,000 children died in the midst of violence and suffering of The ongoing war in Yemen, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, as international promises of help once again lacked billions.
“Yemen may have disappeared from the headlines, but the human suffering has not ceased. For seven years and counting Yemenis people faced deathdestruction, displacement, starvation, terror, division and misery on on a large scale,” he told UN headquarters. in New York.
” From millions are facing extreme hungerand the World Food Program (WFP) had to reduce rations in half AT cause lack of funds. More cuts are looming. It’s a tragedy,” he said. added.
In Yemen, 2.2 millions children suffer from acute malnutrition.
The United Nations on Wednesday only received $1.3 billion in promises of a $4.27 billion aid package for the war-torn country, where the humanitarian drive saw funding dry up up even before global focus on conflict in Ukraine.
“We hoped for more and it’s a disappointment that we haven’t yet been able to get pledges from some we thought we were hearing,” UN aid chief Martin Griffiths told a press conference. one- day of promise event co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland.
He said a second pledge drive for Yemen, where millions face hungercan be considered in a few months to “reach at least the levels of funding we have seen last year”, when donors gave $2.3 billion.
About two-thirds of the UN programs have been completely shuttered or cut down amid a lack of funding and an escalation of hostilities. Aid cuts have led to in the food rations being reduced for 8 millions people and reductions in safe water supply and gender services, says UN
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) special emissary, traveled to Yemen last week to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in which more over 17 millions people need food aid.
“It’s heartbreaking. It’s infuriating,” Jolie said. “There is nothing more important for Yemen than to end the conflict.”
Speaking during an engagement at the UN event António Guterres said: “We are ready to continue supporting the Yemeni people – Corn on can’t do it alone. We need ton help.
“As a business of moral responsibility, of human decency and compassion, of international solidarity and of Life and deathwe must support the people of Yemen now.
