Yemen 2018, the worst humanitarian crisis in the world”: UN
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We will witness the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, and unless the world moves to stop the war in Yemen, the disastrous humanitarian situation is likely to deteriorate further,” UN said during 2018.
UN gave to the international community a plan with a budget of nearly $ 3 billion – $ 2.96 billion – covering nine main aspects.
Over seven million people are severely hungry and don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Children are starving, fragile and underweight. Months of devastating airstrikes, shelling and fighting on the ground have left families struggling to survive.
The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate with fuel shortages, rising food prices and a severe lack of basic services making daily survival a painful struggle for millions.
The UN has warned Yemen is at risk of famine, with 76 percent of the population in need of humanitarian aid.
Over four million people are malnourished, including nearly half a million children who are in a life-threatening condition.
Over 20 million people – 75 per cent of the population – need some sort of humanitarian aid.
Over 14 million people are lacking adequate water and sanitation facilities.
More than 17 million people in Yemen cannot be sure of having enough to eat each day.
Almost three million people have been forced to flee their homes due to the bombing and fighting.
War in Yemen: ‘The world isn’t paying enough attention’
As the war launched by the Saudi-American aggression, more than three-quarters of Yemenis are now in need of humanitarian aid and some 8.4 million people are at risk of famine, up from 6.8 million in 2017, the United Nations said.
“We appeal to parties on the ground in order to stave off famine so that we can continue regularly to get food, medicines in, be it from humanitarian or the commercial side,” UN’s WFP told a Geneva briefing.
The United Nations’ efforts to address what the UN secretary‑general has described as “the world’s largest humanitarian crisis” have been hampered by a crippling blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition.
In addition to violence and food shortages, communicable diseases have also taken a hold on the war-torn country.
Additionally, more than 1 million people have contracted cholera, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
People desperately need food and water, medicine and health services, they need aid that can reach them – ultimately they need the conflict to end so they can rebuild their lives. All those fuelling Yemen’s tragedy need to stop being arms brokers and start becoming peace brokers. The international community must redouble its efforts to help bring this crisis to a peaceful resolution.