The U.N. Warns That Without New Funding, 16 Million People In Yemen Face Starvation

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FILE — In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, malnourished girl, Rahmah Watheeq, receives treatment at a feeding center at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen.





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«We need this war to end, number one, WFP’s Beasley said, «and if donors are getting fatigued, well end the war.

He urged world leaders to put pressure on all parties to end the suffering of the Yemeni people who are seeing their currency, the riyal, devalued and food prices spike.

«They have no coping capacity, Beasley said. «They don’t have any money left over to buy anything. It is a heartbreak. It really is.

Henrietta Fore, head of the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF, said 11.3 million Yemeni children need humanitarian assistance to survive, «2.3 million children under five are acutely malnourished and nearly 400,000 of them suffering from severe acute malnutrition are at imminent risk of death.

«In Yemen, one child dies every 10 minutes from preventable causes, including malnutrition and vaccine-preventable diseases, she said.

Janez Lenarcic, the EU commissioner for crisis management, called on the warring parties to grant unrestricted humanitarian access and allow food and fuel into the country, saying humanitarian needs «are unprecedented and rising.

The U.S. secretary of state urged donors to fulfill their pledges as quickly as possible and urged other nations «to help fill critical funding shortfalls.

Blinken said the United States remains committed to the U.N.-led effort to end the war and urged all parties to seize the opportunity to achieve peace in Yemen.