The Guardian: The international community has failed to solve the root causes of the conflict in Yemen
English - Monday 20 January 2020 الساعة 08:20 am
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The British Guardian newspaper said that Yemen issues the annual watch list of countries facing a humanitarian catastrophe in 2020, for the second year in a row.
It added that the ongoing fighting, economic collapse and poor governance means that more than 24 million Yemenis will need humanitarian assistance this year, according to the analysis of the International Rescue Committee, which found that five other countries affected by the conflict could cost $ 29 billion.
Besides Yemen, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Nigeria, and Venezuela, which are the five countries most at risk of humanity in 2020, and with the war there are droughts, floods, diseases and restrictions on access to humanitarian aid all have major implications for the civilian population.
The International Rescue Committee said that all five countries were included in the list of the 10 worst countries on the committee's list for the past year, which proves that the international community has collectively failed to solve the root causes of these disasters and conflicts.
"2019 was a devastating year for civilians caught in a crisis all over the world," said David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee.
He added, "All over the world, the need in 2020 will likely exceed the size of resources, and it is extremely important that we do not abandon these countries, and that governments around the world intensify funding for these projected crises before more lives are lost, and the Human Disaster Bill increases ".
The International Rescue Committee said that humanitarian funding is a source of grave concern, although the top ten countries on the watch list produced nearly three quarters of the world's refugees, and more than half of those in need, their calls for humanitarian assistance in 2019 were short of Funding is approximately 40%.
External agencies have warned that restrictions on the arrival of humanitarian aid in Yemen are a major obstacle to meeting the increased needs in 2020.
According to independent humanitarian needs specialists, there are "very severe or severe" obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian assistance in all the first five countries and in 14 of the 20 countries in the list.
Miliband called on the international community to act "before more lives are lost, and as humanitarian personnel, we can prevent death, but it takes a policy to stop the killing."
