SANA'A, Dec.19 (Saba) – Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations in Sana'a Jamie McGoldrick said Monday the humanitarian response plan for Yemen for 2016 only received 58 percent of the funding.

The funds were estimated at 943,900,000 USD out of 1,63,000.000 USD which have negatively impacted on the ability of relief organizations in responding to the worsening humanitarian situation in the country, McGoldrick said.

"It has been completed to prepare the humanitarian needs document for 2017 which requires a new funding. As a result of the large increasing of those who are in need of humanitarian assistance in the past nine months,'' he added.

" Approximately 10,000,300 citizens are in dire need of humanitarian assistance out of 18 million in need of some kind of help, he said, adding that the increasing number of people in need for aid is up to 20 percent since the start of the crisis.

The UN official talked about the humanitarian needs document for 2017 which would be launched later, including a universal human appeal.

He said that the document collects numbers, information, needs and places that needs assistance in various parts of the country.

"14 millions are living in lack of food security, 7 millions are severely lacking of food security, 2 millions and two hundred thousand child are suffering from an acute malnutrition, including more than 460 thousand child are suffering from severe acute malnutrition with an increase of 200 per cent of the past two years and 1 million and 700,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition average", the UN official concluded.

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