The director of U.N. humanitarian operations appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to alleviate major humanitarian emergencies in Yemen, where 10.5 million people need food, and in Somalia, where all the indicators point to a repeat of its 2011 famine.
John Ging, who visited both countries last week, told a news conference Wednesday that the U.N.'s response is limited because it has received only $195 million of the $529 million it needs in Yemen this year and only $232 million of the $933 million it needs in Somalia.
"Neither of these countries are doomed to fail" because they have clear plans, very good national leaders and "real opportunities," he said. "But the difference right now between whether they will go on a trajectory which is positive or ... continue a decline into the abyss is fundamentally down to ... the money that the international community will mobilize for both of these countries."
Ging said the humanitarian situation in Yemen is driven by political instability, insecurity and an economic crisis that has left the country "on the brink of an economic collapse." He said Yemen's dependence on the mild stimulant known as Khat is undermining its development because the drug affects health and the economy and its cultivation consumes 70 percent of the country's scarce water resources.
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