China News Agency, United Nations, November 20. According to the United Nations website, UN Secretary-General Guterres warned in a statement issued on the 20th that Yemen is facing the world's worst famine in decades.
He called on the international community to take urgent action to avoid disasters.
Guterres emphasized that after more than five years of civil war in Yemen, millions of people could lose their lives if they do not take immediate action to protect civilians who have suffered severe damage and starvation.
The United Nations recently released US$100 million in emergency funds from its Central Emergency Response Fund to avoid the growing threat of famine in seven countries, including Yemen, which are considered the most at risk of famine.
Earlier this month, Lowcock, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, stated that all parties to the conflict should make every effort to prevent mass famine.
Guterres stated in the statement that a series of factors such as the drastic reduction in funding for relief operations coordinated by the United Nations in 2020, the impact of continued conflicts, the obstacles that various parties have placed on the relief work of humanitarian agencies, as well as locusts and floods, are causing famine. Becomes more serious.
Guterres urged all influential parties to take urgent action on these issues to avoid disasters, and asked all parties concerned to avoid any actions that might worsen the already dire situation.
Guterres pointed out that if this is not done, people will face a tragedy that will not only cause direct loss of life, but the consequences will affect the future indefinitely.
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