UK leads new international effort to target Yemen’s most in need
Published 26 February 2019
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The UK is leading new international efforts to reach those most in need in Yemen, Lord Bates, Minister of State for International Development announced today (26 February).
At a side event at the Yemen Pledging Conference in Geneva, co-hosted by the UK with the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN agencies, NGOs and key donors agreed new ways of working to prioritise those most in need.
This includes humanitarian agencies committing to coming together to analyse, plan, target and respond to those most in need in a coordinated manner, under the guidance and direction of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator. They will also report on the outcomes of these efforts as part of the Humanitarian Response Plan reporting cycle.
Yemen remains the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. Nearly 10 million people are now at risk of starvation, almost 2 million more people than last year. As such, the international response must prioritise help to the most vulnerable.
The UK also announced a new aid package of £200 million in funding to Yemen for the 2019/20 financial year today. This support will provide vital food assistance right across the country to those most at risk of dying from starvation and disease, meeting the immediate food needs of 3.8 million Yemenis for a month, treating 20,000 children for malnutrition and providing 2 million people with improved water supply and basic sanitation