The United Nations hosted a donors' conference in Geneva today (Tuesday) to raise funds to address humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined top officials from dozens of countries including Sweden and Switzerland at the pledging conference aimed to raise funds toward a 2.96 billion dollars.
In opening remarks, Guterres decried catastrophic situation in Yemen, pointing out that a child aged under 5 dies every 10 minutes from preventable causes.
Guterres noted that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have generously provided 930 million dollars toward the humanitarian response plan.
Meanwhile, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the warring sides in Yemen to reach a political settlement to end the conflict in the country.
Addressing the media in Geneva today (Tuesday), he said his Special Envoy Martin Griffiths will head to the United Arab Emirates, Oman and the Yemeni government-held city of Aden in the drive for peace.
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Guterres said he sees positive perspectives for preparing a plan of action to lead to an effective inter-Yemeni dialogue able to achieve a political solution, with the involvement of allrelevant parties. APP/AFP