United Nations (AP) — Martin Griffiths, director of the United Nations humanitarian department, urged the world focused on Russia's war in Ukraine not to forget the conflict in Yemen, which caused 19 million people to be hungry this year due to “one of the most serious humanitarian catastrophes in the world” in a famine-like state”.
Griffith told the UN Security Council that Yemen has become what humanitarian authorities often call a “chronic emergency” that causes donor inertia and fatigue.He said that this should not happen in the poorest countries in the Arab world. Three out of four people in Yemen, that is, 23.4 million people, make up the highest percentage of the population.
Humanitarian Secretary-General Griffiths spoke on Wednesday on the eve of a virtual high-level pledge meeting in Yemen hosted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Swiss President Ignacio Cassis, and Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Linde, which aims to raise nearly $4.3 billion to help more than 17 million people across Yemen this year.
The event is “not about money, it's very important,” Griffith said. “It is also an opportunity for the international community to show that they are not giving up in Yemen, as many new crises have arisen even after the last few years, and that is a very important message.”
Griffith said aid agencies are facing a “surprising and unprecedented shortage of funding,” where two-thirds of major UN programs are being curtailed or suspended in recent months due to lack of funding, which included “in-depth cuts in basic services such as food aid, water, health care, and helping people avoid violence,” he added.
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