The United Nations described the humanitarian situation in Yemen In tragic, she emphasized that about 17 million people suffer from acute hunger, which is nearly half of the country’s population.
The organization stated in a briefing submitted yesterday, Thursday, Joyce, the assistant of the Secretary -General and the Deputy of the Relief Coordinator, in front of Security Council Regarding the humanitarian situation in Yemen, malnutrition is still a scourge around the country.
She added that malnutrition affects 1.3 million pregnant and breastfeeding women, and 2.3 million children under the age of five, and warned against joining 6 million new Yemenis in groups that suffer from food insecurity, if human support does not last.
The UN official considered that the health sector in Yemen suffers from fragility and “the lack of financing may lead to the closure of 771 additional health centers, and is deprived of nearly 7 million people of obtaining life -saving care,” as women and girls face serious risks “including gender -based violence.”
Despite the difficult working conditions, it confirmed United Nations The humanitarian operations are still moving forward in Yemen and the humanitarian workers are committed to the performance of their vigor, and indicated that in the first three months of 2025, “more than 4 million Yemenis obtained humanitarian aid that is saving life monthly.”
The UN official indicated that the financing remains “insufficient and still restricts our response and makes our efforts much lower than the size of the Yemeni people, and she called The international community To move to secure aid and ensure their sustainability in proportion to the size of human needs.
It also called for immediate action to ensure the release of United Nations and other detainees, while maintaining unified support for efforts to reach a permanent peace in Yemen.