UN urges Int’l community to help Yemeni people

Yamanyoon- 3 Oct 2017

The Director General of the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) urged world countries to give aids to Yemeni people. William Lacy Swing made the remarks Monday in a visit to war-torn Yemen.

‘The authorities have a responsibility to give humanitarian aids more access, including reopening of the airport for essential aid deliveries, and the world has an obligation to come to the aid of the Yemeni people,” UN News Center quoted Lacy as saying.

‘Responding to the outbreak has been further complicated as the conflict in Yemen has left the country’s water and sanitation systems in near-ruin and almost 80 percent of the population – some 21 million people – as well as thousands of migrants dependent on humanitarian aid,’ UN News Center reported.

“The world’s worst cholera outbreak is now part of this volatile mix and, as mind-numbing as it may seem, one million Yemenis are expected to contract the deadly disease by the end of this year.’

‘According to estimates, more than 2,000 people have succumbed to the deadly disease since October last year and 750,000 have been hit with 5,000 additional people being infected every day.’

“The internecine conflict, which has convulsed Yemen for over two years already, shows no sign of being resolved,” UN News Center quoted the IOM Director General as saying, noting that the situation of the nearly 6,000 migrants who continue to enter the country each month is of particular concern.

“They come in the hope that they can make their way through Yemen to the Persian Gulf countries to find work.’