UN / YEMEN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE

UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said torrential rains and flooding that hit governorates across Yemen in late July and August, are making “an already catastrophic humanitarian situation even worse.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:35
• Production Date: 3 September 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: STEPHANE DUJARRIC
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 2555399
• Parent Id: 2555399
• Alternate Title: unifeed200903c

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STORY: UN / YEMEN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
TRT: 01:34
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 03 SEPTEMBER 2020, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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03 SEPTEMBER 2020

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In late July and August, for the third time in 2020, torrential rains and flooding hit governorates across Yemen, damaging infrastructure, destroying homes and shelters, causing deaths and injuries, ruining crops and killing livestock. This makes an already catastrophic humanitarian situation even worse. That includes the growing risk of famine and the devastating impact of COVID-19. Estimates indicated that more than 62,000 families were affected across the country. The UN and our humanitarian partners provided emergency food supplies, hygiene kits and other essential items to more than 7,600 families affected by the floods across the country, while nearly 8,000 families have been verified for emergency assistance. Across Yemen, 24 million people need humanitarian aid, and that includes 14 million in acute need. By the end of August, the Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen was 24 per cent funded, the lowest figure ever seen in Yemen so late in the year; so far, we have received only $811.5 million of the $3.38 billion that we need. We urge donors to pay all outstanding pledges immediately and we urge those who have yet to pledge or pay to do so and increase support.”

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UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, today (3 Sep) said torrential rains and flooding that hit governorates across Yemen in late July and August, are making “an already catastrophic humanitarian situation even worse.”

Dujarric said that for the third time in 2020, heavy rains have damaged infrastructure, destroyed homes and shelters, caused deaths and injuries, and have ruined crops and killed livestock.

He said this comes at a time when Yemen is facing “the growing risk of famine and the devastating impact of COVID-19.”

Dujarric said, “estimates indicated that more than 62,000 families were affected across the country. The UN and our humanitarian partners provided emergency food supplies, hygiene kits and other essential items to more than 7,600 families affected by the floods across the country, while nearly 8,000 families have been verified for emergency assistance. 

Across Yemen, he said, “24 million people need humanitarian aid, and that includes 14 million in acute need” and noted that “by the end of August, the Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen was 24 per cent funded, the lowest figure ever seen in Yemen so late in the year.”

So far, the spokesperson said, only $811.5 million of the $3.38 billion needed have been received.