In Yemen "food deprivation levels have increased by 14 percent since the start of the year" - OCHA

Security Council briefing by Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the situation in the Middle East, during the Security Council, 9692nd meeting. Acting UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya said that in Yemen “food deprivation levels have increased by 14 percent since the start of the year – from 51 percent to 58 percent of the population. In Houthi-controlled areas, nearly 1 in 10 households rely on alms to obtain food.” She also said, “Alongside improved access and the security of staff, adequate funding for all humanitarian programming is a key requirement. Yet low funding levels continue to hamper our work. In the first four months of this year, lack of funds meant that humanitarian partners providing nutrition assistance reached only 315,000 people out of the 2 million that were targeted.”


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