UN says $ 3.9 billion needed to help Yemen escalate as conflict escalates Humanitarian Crisis News

The UN says funds were needed to help about 16 million people in the war-torn country as enemies rose.

The United Nations will need about $ 3.9 billion this year to help millions of people devastated by the war in Yemen, a senior humanitarian official said.

Ramesh Rajasingham, the UN Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Coordination Coordinator, told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that “the biggest current limit is funding” to help about 16 million people in Yemen, where more than a civil war has taken place. seven years.

“I call on all donors to maintain support this year and, if possible, increase it,” Rajasingham said.

He added that funding has been declining in recent years, with last year’s response plan being funded by only 58 percent and the UN World Food Program announcing cuts to the aid budget for eight million people in December.

“Other key programs, including water, protection and reproductive health services, have been forced to shrink or close in recent weeks due to lack of funding,” Rajasingham said.

In addition to funding, humanitarian access and security also remains a major obstacle to support.

On Wednesday, the UN also sounded the alarm to continue enemies in the country, saying that they have accelerated their efforts to achieve victory on the battlefield.

UN Secretary-General Hans Grundberg, the Yemeni envoy, told the Security Council that the parties to the conflict were “doubling their military opportunities.”

“For seven years on the road to war, it will force all the warring parties to do enough damage to the other, which is believed to be dominant. However, there is no long-term sustainable solution on the battlefield, ”he said.

The parties, Grundberg said, should go to the negotiating table “even if they are not ready to lay down their arms.”

Grundberg said the country is “entering a rising cycle for civilians with devastating consequences for immediate predictions of peace.”

The Yemeni civil war began in 2014 when Iranian-backed Houthi rebels took over the capital Sanaa, when Saudi-led forces intervened to promote the government the following year.

The UN has calculated the war hil 377,000 people by the end of 2021, either directly or indirectly due to hunger and disease.