Humanitarian funding crunch risks catastrophe in Yemen: UN chief
STORY: Humanitarian funding crunch risks catastrophe in Yemen: UN chief
DATELINE: March 17, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:42
LOCATION: UNITED NATIONS
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General
2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General
STORYLINE:
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that a humanitarian funding crunch risks catastrophe in war-torn Yemen.
In recent months, the United Nations has been forced to scale back or close about two-thirds of life-saving programs, he told a high-level pledging conference for Yemen co-hosted by the United Nations and the governments of Sweden and Switzerland.
SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONIO GUTERRES, UN Secretary-General
"Food rations have just been reduced for 8 million people, with devastating consequences, and in the coming weeks, nearly 4 million people in major cities may lose access to safe drinking water. And 1 million women and girls may lose access to reproductive health and gende
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