The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appealed for urgent aid to fight the humanitarian crisis in Yemen as UN agencies work to prevent a large-scale famine in the country.
The Director-General made the appeal in a video message recorded for today s virtual UN High-Level Pledging Event on the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, convened by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and co-hosted by the Governments of Sweden and Switzerland.
‘ Today, over 16 million Yemenis are struggling to feed themselves, ‘ the Director-General stressed. ‘ Violence, disease, locust outbreaks, and lack of inputs have stripped away their livelihoods. ‘
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1 March 2021, Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appealed for urgent aid to fight the humanitarian crisis in Yemen as UN agencies work to prevent a large-scale famine in the country.
The Director-General made the appeal in a video message recorded for today s virtual UN High-Level Pledging Event on the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, convened by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and co-hosted by the Governments of Sweden and Switzerland.
‘ Today, over 16 million Yemenis are struggling to feed themselves, ‘ the Director-General stressed. ‘ Violence, disease, locust outbreaks, and lack of inputs have stripped away their livelihoods. ‘