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Oxfam Wednesday issued a stinging condemnation of widespread political complicity in the Yemen conflict as the UN launches its latest plan to help millions of people caught up in the crisis.
Mark Goldring, Chief Executive of Oxfam GB, said: "The UK Government's calculated complicity risks accelerating Yemen towards a famine, putting millions of lives at risk and making a mockery of their global obligations to those in peril.”
Goldring does not only accused the UK only but “many governments have weighed their narrow national interests in the Middle East against humanity, and humanity has lost.”
The Oxfam chief executive describes Yemen “one of the world's worse humanitarian crises”, adding that backers of both sides “need to stop fuelling the conflict and instead help find a peaceful settlement”.
"But there is still time to avert a famine, to save lives and to help put lives back together. That means swiftly and fully funding the latest UN plan for Yemen,” Goldring adds.
The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for $2.1 billion to provide food and other life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen who face the threat of famine after two years of war.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
