UN / OBRIEN YEMEN UPDATE

The United Nations relief aid chief said 7 million across Yemen do not know where their next meal is coming from. UNIFEED / RECENT

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:43
• Production Date: 1 March 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHEN O'BRIEN
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; CONFLICT SITUATION; FOOD SECURITY; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; HUNGER; MALNUTRITION
• Geographic Subject: YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 1840463
• Parent Id: 1840463
• Alternate Title: unifeed170301e

Description

STORY: UN / O’BRIEN YEMEN UPDATE
TRT: 01:43
SOURCE: UNIFEED / UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 01 MARCH 2017, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters

01 MARCH 2017, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“Seven million people in Yemen today, across all parts of Yemen but broadly split about 80 percent in the so-called north, and about 20 percent in the south, as best as we can estimate, have a severe either acute malnourishment or do not know where their next meal is coming from. That’s about half of the number, 14 million who are food insecure out of a population in this country of about 26 million. And of that, 7 million who do not know where their next meal is coming from, about 3 million have been reached every other month with about 75 percent of the calorific value that is needed to maintain people. That is why we’ve been able so far to hold Yemen out of famine.”

31 JANUARY 2017, AMMRAN HOSPITAL, AMMRAN DISTRICT, YEMEN

4. Various shots, children who are suffering from malnutrition and other diseases and being treated

27 DECEMBER 2016, 70TH HOSPITAL, SANA’A, YEMEN

5. Various shots, children who are suffering from malnutrition and other diseases and being treated

28 DECEMBER 2016, ALTHAWRAH HOSPITAL, SANA’A, YEMEN

6. Various shots, children who are suffering from malnutrition and other diseases and being treated

17 OCTOBER 2016, ALJOMHORIAH HOSPITAL IN HUDAIDAH CITY, YEMEN

7. Various shots, children who are suffering from malnutrition and other diseases and being treated

Storyline

The United Nations relief aid chief today (1 March) said 7 million across the country do not know where their next meal is coming from.

Speaking from Yemen via teleconference, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien told reporters “seven million people in Yemen today, across all parts of Yemen but broadly split about 80 percent in the so-called north, and about 20 percent in the south, as best as we can estimate, have a severe either acute malnourishment or do not know where their next meal is coming from. That’s about half of the number, 14 million who are food insecure out of a population in this country of about 26 million. And of that, 7 million who do not know where their next meal is coming from, about 3 million have been reached every other month with about 75 percent of the calorific value that is needed to maintain people. That is why we’ve been able so far to hold Yemen out of famine.”

On Monday in meetings with President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr and other senior officials, the top UN aid official stressed the need for all parties to the conflict to respect international humanitarian law, protect civilians and civilian infrastructure and to allow for unimpeded and immediate full access by humanitarian partners to all of Yemen.

Given the urgency of the situation, they also discussed the need to facilitate commercial imports of food, fuel and medicine, through all ports of Yemen, and the resumption of commercial flights to all of Yemen.