2023-12-05T19:09:39+00:00
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/ The United Nations World Food Program announced, on Tuesday, the suspension of food aid distribution in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen.
Earlier today, Tuesday, the American ABC network reported that the United Nations World Food Program has decided to end a major program to provide aid across Syria next January, as more than 12 million people lack access to enough food. of food on a regular basis.
Faced with the decline in its funding, the United Nations program said in a statement that it had taken “this difficult decision… after nearly a year of negotiations, during which no agreement was reached to reduce the number of people benefiting from direct food aid from 9.5 million to 6 million.” “5 million people.”
The program warned that “food stocks have begun to run out almost completely in areas under the control of the Sana’a authorities, and the resumption of food aid, even in light of an immediate agreement with the authorities, may take approximately four months due to the interruption of the supply chain for humanitarian food aid.”
He pointed out that he “will continue its programs related to strengthening resilience, livelihoods, nutrition and school meals to limit the impact of the temporary cessation of food distribution and subject to the availability of the necessary funding as well as the cooperation of the authorities” in Sana’a.
He explained, “General food aid distributions will continue in government-controlled areas, with a greater focus on the most vulnerable and needy families, in line with the changes in resources announced in August.”
The World Food Program had indicated that it would be forced to reduce its operations in Yemen due to a lack of international funding. Yemen has been mired in a war for power between the Houthis and the government since mid-2014, which has caused the death and injury of hundreds of thousands, and the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, according to United Nations estimates.
A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in 2015 alongside the government against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who control the capital, Sanaa, and large areas of the country.