Today, Monday, the United Nations, in partnership with Switzerland and Sweden, is organizing a virtual conference of donor countries, in an effort to raise approximately 3 billion and 85 million dollars to help Yemen.

The conference - which is scheduled to be attended by 100 governments and other donors - aims to prevent widespread famine in Yemen, in the words of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

On Sunday, Guterres appealed to the countries of the world to donate "generously" to Yemen at the international donors conference, stressing that Yemen is now in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen in decades.

He added in an official statement that if no immediate action is taken, millions of lives may be lost, and we will then risk a tragedy, not only in the immediate loss of life, but with consequences that resonate indefinitely in the future.

According to United Nations estimates, 24 million people out of 29 million are in need of humanitarian aid.

And 12 humanitarian organizations - including the British "Save the Children" - warned last Friday of what they described as a disaster if the funding continues to be cut.

The organizations said - in a joint statement - that "the severe cuts in aid have deepened the suffering of people," noting that there are 6 million people, including 3 million children, without clean water and sanitation services during a global pandemic, in reference to the Corona virus.

About 7 years ago, Yemen has been witnessing a war that killed 233,000 people, and 80% of the population of about 30 million people have become dependent on aid to stay alive, in the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, according to the United Nations.

The complexity of the conflict is further complicated by the fact that it has regional extensions. Since March 2015, an Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia has been carrying out military operations in support of government forces in the face of the Iranian-backed Houthis who control several provinces, including the capital, Sanaa.