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August 22, 2019
Lackof funds has forced the United Nations, UN to closedown life-saving aidprogrammes in Yemen.
UNHumanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande says money pledged by MemberStates to fund the programmes had failed to materialise.
Grandereportedly said they are desperate for the funds that were promised.
Ata fundraising event in February, the UN and its humanitarian partners werepromised two point six billion dollars to meet urgent needs of more than twentymillion Yemenis. To date, less than half of this amount has been received, thestatement quoted the coordinator as saying.
Accordingto a statement, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs wasforced to suspend most of the country’s vaccination campaigns in May.