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Oxfam expressed disappointment over the outcome of the pledging conference for Yemen.
“Donors’ pledges to Yemen are failing to keep up with the growing need in the country. Already the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis after more than five years of conflict, Yemen is now facing an outbreak of coronavirus while barely half of the health facilities are fully functioning. The voices of those Yemeni organizations on the front line of this crisis were notably excluded from this conference,” Oxfam International’s Executive Director Jose Maria Vera said.
International donors raised $1.35 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen on Tuesday, but the amount fell short of the United Nations’ target of $2.4 billion needed to save the world’s biggest aid operation from severe cutbacks.
Vera called for the funds that have been pledged to be made “available immediately” to provide life-saving aid to the Yemeni people.
“The only lasting solution for Yemen is a ceasefire. The international community needs to halt all arms transfers to Saudi Arabia and other warring parties and do everything possible to pressure all sides to agree to a ceasefire and return to meaningful negotiations,” Vera stressed.
Source: Yemenwatch.net
