UN wants access to ports Yemen

UN wants access to ports Yemen

World February 28, 2017 14:30

dubai - The warring parties in Yemen to ensure greater access to the United Nations to ports in the country. There must urgently more food, fuel and medicines are in place to prevent an impending famine. That said Stephen O'Brien, emergency coordinator of the United Nations.

After nearly two years of civil war, almost 3.3 million people, including 2.1 million children malnourished in Yemen. 460. 000 children are so weak that they can succumb to pneumonia or diarrhea, says UN

Meanwhile themselves intensifies the fight, especially around ports on the Red Sea, including Hodeida. This allows the supply falters. According to Robert Mardini, regional director of the International Committee of the Red Cross, there is only two to four months of food stock.

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