UN is considering using new options for sending humanitarian aid to Yemen.
The Source: ALYAMAN ALARABY Online \ Saleh Ahmed - Tuesday 28 / Mar. / 2017
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Jamie McGoldrick, U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Yemen, said the
organization is considering using new options for sending humanitarian
aid to Yemen.
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.
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