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