An elderly woman drags water to her tent in a camp for displaced persons in Absa, near the border with Saudi Arabia in the north of Yemen. Yemen: Humanitarian situation worsens against the background of instability in the region Peace and safety The risk of further retraction of Yemen into regional conflicts remains, while millions of residents of the country continue to starve. About this, speaking at a meeting of the Security Council on Wednesday, warned the special envoy of the UN for Yemen Hans Grundberg and the UN Extraordinator, Deputy Secretary General of Humanitarian issues Tom Fletcher. Grundberg said that the situation in the region remains extremely unstable. He expressed concern about missile strikes from the Hussites on Israel and recent attacks on two commercial vessels in the Red Sea, which led to victims among the civilian population and potential environmental damage. These attacks have become the first in the last seven months and caused response shots from Israel. unstable situation “Freedom of shipping in the Red Sea should be ensured, and civil infrastructure should never become a target for participants in the conflict,” Grundberg emphasized. He added: “Yemen should not be more deeply drawn into regional crises that threaten to finally destroy the already extremely fragile situation in the country; To stake is too much, and the future of Yemen depends on our general determination to protect him from new suffering and returning him to the people hope and dignity. ” ~ 60 > special Sending, the situation inside the country remains unstable. He reported on the ongoing military activity in several areas. According to him, only the diplomatic process and negotiations, despite the difficulties, allow us to hope for a sustainable settlement. He noted the deterioration of the economic situation in Yemen, as well as a threat of full -scale hunger. In conclusion, Grundberg outlined three priorities: de -escalation of the conflict, launching negotiations between the parties and ensuring the necessary security guarantees. He also called for maintaining and expanding the space for civil society and again demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all the arbitrarily detained UN employees, NGOs and diplomatic missions. 62 ~~ 60 > lack of humanitarian financing 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62Tom Fletcher, Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, warned about the aggravating crisis of a lack of food in the country. According to him, more than 17 million people in Yemen suffer from hunger, and by September this number may exceed 18 million. More than one million children under the age of five suffer from an acute, threatening the life of a form of malnutrition. “We have not observed this level of deprivation from the moment of the conclusion of a ceasefire through the mediation of the UN at the beginning of 2022,” said Fletcher. ~ 60 > he also said that the financing of humanitarian aid is rapidly reduced, in particular, in the field of healthcare and protection, including for 6.2 million women and girls who can threaten Gender violence. Nevertheless, according to Fletcher, despite limited resources, humanitarian workers continue to assist the most vulnerable groups of the Yemen population. Thanks to the reorientation of the approaches within the framework of the so -called “humanitarian reboot”, significant results were achieved, in particular, to reduce the number of cholera cases by more than 70 percent compared to last year. Thanks to new strategies, more than 650 thousand children with a high risk of malnutrition receive effective treatment, and 3,200 medical institutions continue to provide services of 7.2 million people. ~ 60 > ~ 60 > Emergency Coordinator of the UNAC Council applied to the Council of Security with a call to increase food financing and take active measures to protect the international humanitarian law. In addition, he announced the need to ensure the immediate and unconditional liberation of the detained employees of the UN, NGOs and representatives of civil society.