Yemen: Humanitarian Crisis Deepens Amid Funding Shortfall, Official Warns -Briefing | United Nations

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Addressing an emergency meeting of the Security Council requested by the Yemeni government, Acting Assistant Secretary-General Indrika Ratwatte said, “Yemen's humanitarian crisis deepening just as our ability to respond has been sharply reduced” due to “unprecedented fall in humanitarian funding.”

Ratwatte said, “food insecurity is approaching catastrophic levels, with more than 18 million people across Yemen hungry and many of them in an acute situation of hunger.”
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