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The International Rescue Committee has stressed that Only a political settlement that ends the fighting can stop the suffering of the Yemeni people.
"We must recognize that humanitarian aid alone will not end this man-made crisis. ," David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee said in real press on Tuesday.
He stressed that "the humanitarian funding received today is imperative, and today’s pledges must be quickly translated into an expansion of life-saving services, and in particular, programming to address and prevent violence facing women and girls."
Yemen has been racked by an armed conflict that broke out after the Iranian-backed Houthis had ousted the internationally recognized government late in 2014.
Since the war began incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) have increased by over 63 percent, yet so far in 2019, only 3.3% of humanitarian funding in Yemen has gone towards protection programming.
The IRC calls on all governments to increase funding to meet the growing humanitarian needs of a desperate Yemeni population. With more than 24 million people, nearly 80 percent of the entire population, in need of humanitarian assistance, conditions are worsening at an almost unprecedented rate.
The United Nations and Sweden and Swiss Governments held on Tuesday, a conference to declare the commitments to Yemen in Geneva and publishes this conference to collect $ 4 billion in favor of supporting the humanitarian response plan in Yemen.
In its real press, the Committee noted that "the unimaginable suffering of the Yemeni people demands more than donor funding. It demands international pressure to remove the political and bureaucratic barriers that keep aid out of the hands of starving Yemenis. It demands a sustained focus on protecting women and girls, who are paying the highest price in this four-year old conflict. And, most of all, it demands an unwavering diplomatic commitment to a nationwide ceasefire and an end to this war."
David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee said, “The humanitarian funding received today is imperative, and today’s pledges must be quickly translated into an expansion of life-saving services, and in particular, programming to address and prevent violence facing women and girls.
The Committee addressed the constant obstacles to its operations including restrictions on critical imports, closure of vital sea and air ports, and restrictions on the movement of staff and humanitarian supplies into and around the country.
Stressing that "the funding pledged today must come with a focused diplomatic effort to end the political and bureaucratic obstacles to our life-saving work. All Yemen’s ports, including Sana’a airport must fully function, and humanitarian assistance must be allowed to flow freely to the millions of Yemenis who rely on it for survival. Otherwise, we will continue to struggle to reach those most in need.”
The conflict escalated after a Saudi-led coalition intervened militarily in the country in March 2015 to reinstate the government of President Hadi, pushing the country to the world's worst humanitarian crisis, according to the UN.
