Al-Thawra Net
“Immediate and flexible resources” are needed to help nearly 17 million people in Yemen, according to the World Food Program.
Stephen Anderson, WFP Representative and Country Director in Yemen said the situation had deteriorated rapidly since the conflict escalated two years ago. “The current dire food security and nutrition situation in Yemen requires significant financial resources to allow immediate, adequate and sustained food, nutrition and other assistance for those in greatest need to prevent a slide into famine,” he said. “Unrestricted access to all areas, including for commercial trade, will also be critical to ensure the food insecurity in the country does not further deteriorate,” he added.
WFP Country Director, Stephen Anderson, was speaking ahead of High-Level pledging conference on 25 April, which hopes to provide emergency resources to alleviate Yemen’s humanitarian crisis.
The event is being organized by the UN together with the Governments of Sweden and Switzerland in Geneva.
The conflict in Yemen is driving what WFP describes as the largest humanitarian crisis in the world right now, with 6.8 million on the brink of famine.
