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U.N. official warns funding cuts are worsening humanitarian crisis for women and girls in Yemen
Summary
A senior U.N. humanitarian official told the Security Council that steep funding cuts are forcing life-saving programs in Yemen to close, disproportionately harming women and girls, and urged member states to restore access, funding and pressure to free detained aid workers.
A senior United Nations humanitarian official told the Security Council that severe funding cuts have forced aid groups in Yemen to scale back services and risk deepening a crisis that is disproportionately harming women and girls.
The official told the council that “severe funding cuts have been a body blow to our work to save lives,” and said they had asked humanitarian coordinators “in Yemen and elsewhere to report by the end of next week on where we will need to cut back most dramatically and the implications of the tough choices we are making on which lives not to save.”
The official framed three requests to member states: “Firstly, please back our effort to get access to those civilians at greatest risk. Second, please ensure we have the funding to save as many lives as we can. And third, a request for your…
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