Yemen donor conference supplies EUR billion

Yemen donor conference supplies EUR billion

World April 25, 2017 17:45

geneva - The donor countries pledged almost 1.1 billion dollars (1 billion euros) for humanitarian aid to Yemen during the Geneva conference. That was announced by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday after the meeting. The United Nations assumes that approximately twice is needed to fight the famine in Yemen, where every child dies for a period of 10 minutes through malnutrition and disease.

The European Commission extravoked 116 million euros for emergency aid and development aid to Yemen. Also, many other countries pulled the wallet on Tuesday during a donor summit in Switzerland. Thus, Germany said 50 million euros. The US and countries such as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia also made substantial contributions.

The Netherlands announced its launch in 2017 of more than 15 million. The Red Cross was aware of doubling its budget for the war-torn land to $ 90 million. The money is spent on water, food, healthcare and fuel. The European Union has released more than 340 million euros for Yemen since the beginning of the war in 2015 by Tuesday announced.

For 7 million Yemen, starvation is threatening. Of the population of 27 million people 70 percent are dependent on humanitarian aid. The UN speaks of the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. The situation can be worsened by air attacks by the Saudi coalition at the port city of Hodeida, which is vital for the supply of aid. The rebels make up the service.

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