Al Jazeera: 'Humanitarian catastrophe' unfolding in Yemen: UN
Humanitarian chief says more than 21 million Yemenis are in need of some form of aid and calls for unconditional access.
The UN humanitarian chief has said a "humanitarian catastrophe" is unfolding in Yemen with more than 21 million Yemenis in need of some form of aid.
Stephen O'Brien said on Tuesday that the situation was exacerbated by increased restrictions on efforts to respond to what he called the "staggering needs" of millions of people, including the diversion of a UN aid ship by Saudi-led coalition forces.
O'Brien said that more than 6,000 people had been killed since the beginning of coalition strikes against Houthi rebels in March 2015, of which about half were civilians.
He said more than 700 children had been killed and some 1,000 injured.
At least 7.6 million people were now "severely food-insecure" and more than 3.4 million children were out of school, the official said.
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2 comments:
"severely food-insecure" I love the way these people talk.
It's presise and defined term, in common useage.
UN Officials no longer use the terms like "starving", because people and nations who are fine with using food as a weapon, haggle that it's an imprecice term,
If they are eating one meal a week,
Or filling their bellies with grass, pinecones, bark and bugs,
Well, they arn't really "starving" are they
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/030691929600005X
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