Lowcock : Yemen Economy Needs 5$ Billion To Be Saved

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UN Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock warned of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen .

“”The United Nations needs $ 5 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to nearly 20 million Yemenis next year, more than 70 percent of the population of Yemen suffering from the ravages of war that is tearing the country apart,” Lowcock said in a statement on Tuesday .

Lowcock expressed his hope that the peace talks in Sweden  will produce positive results .

The Coordinator of the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations condemned the obstacles to the arrival of humanitarian assistance to Yemenis by the Saudi aggression .

The UN Under-Secretary-General called for saving the Yemeni economy, which is on the edge of the abyss .