Saudi Arabia alone should Fund Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen - UN
Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:47:am World
5.7K By Abdulkerimu Oare
- Top UN Official believes Saudi Arabia should pay for the restoration of sanity in Yemen.
- 10,000 have been killed so far, over 500,000 infected with Cholera and 600,000 more expected to be infected this year.
- Saudi Arabia claim their humanitarian efforts currently benefit civilians on both sides of the Yemen conflict.
According to a top UN Official David Beasley who is the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Saudi Arabia should fund all the steps required to overcome the widespread disease and hunger in the war torn Yemen.
Recall that Yemen is currently undergoing the worst cholera epidemic ever recorded alongside a host of other epidemics.
Beasley who was unusually forthright for a top UN official, openly crticised one side of an ongoing conflict.
He said "Saudi Arabia should fund 100 percent [of the needs] of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen," Beasley told Reuters news agency on Monday.
"Either stop the war or fund the crisis. Option three is, do both of them."
Since March 2015, Saudi has been engaged in fighting in Yemen which has resulted in millions being displaced from their homes.
The crisis has also led to more than 10,000 deaths, thousands infected with Cholera, 500,000 currently infected and another 600,000 people expected to be infected later this year.
Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have emphasised that their humanitarian efforts currently benefit civilians on both sides of the Yemen conflict.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman donated $66 million in June to the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organization (WHO) to help combat the cholera epidemic in Yemen.
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