UN is considering using new options for sending humanitarian aid to Yemen.
Tuesday 28/March/2017
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ALYAMAN ALARABY Online \\ Saleh Ahmed
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Speaking by telephone from Sana'a, McGoldrick told Reuters that "The United Nations is considering using other ports in Yemen or land convoys to deliver food for 17 million hungry people".
The UN official said the aid effort was on a "knife edge" due to insufficient funding, despite the threat of famine. The U.N. has received only 7 percent of its $2.1 billion appeal for 2017.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has already switched to using Aden port in the south.
The United Nations is looking at "contingency planning of using alternative ports such as Aden" and land convoys from Saudi Arabia and other neighboring countries, he said.
The UN official said the aid effort was on a "knife edge" due to insufficient funding, despite the threat of famine. The U.N. has received only 7 percent of its $2.1 billion appeal for 2017.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has already switched to using Aden port in the south.
The United Nations is looking at "contingency planning of using alternative ports such as Aden" and land convoys from Saudi Arabia and other neighboring countries, he said.
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