KSA and UAE in top of donors list for Yemen

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, “António Guterres”, called on the participants in the donors conference for Yemen to provide relief aid to meet the shortage and humanitarian needs of the IDP camps in Yemen, in an effort to raise $ 3.85 billion in order to prevent a large-scale famine.
Within the framework of international efforts aimed at financing the operation to save millions of people in Yemen from the consequences of hunger as a result of the war in the country, the results of the donors conference for Yemen 2021 were as follows:
The International Conference of Countries and Donors to collect donations to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen managed to raise only about $ 1.7 billion, out of $ 3.85 billion required to support 16 million Yemenis threatened with starvation.
Saudi Arabia and UAE
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates came at the forefront of donors, as the General Supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Action in Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Rabiah announced the Kingdom’s pledge to provide $ 430 million to support the humanitarian response plan in Yemen during the current year.
While the UAE Minister of International Development, Reem Al-Hashemi, announced that her country pledged $ 230 million to the Yemen Response Plan, which is being implemented by United Nations agencies, international organizations, and local and regional civil society organizations.
In turn, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the provision of additional financial assistance from the United States for relief efforts in Yemen, estimated at $ 191 million, bringing the volume of this aid provided by his country during the current fiscal year to more than $ 350 million, noting that the United States has provided more than $ 3.4 billion in humanitarian aid in Yemen since the start of the crisis six years ago.
He called on all parties to stop disrupting the delivery of humanitarian aid, saying that the current shortage of fuel leads to a deterioration of the humanitarian situation.
Vice President and Prime Minister of Switzerland Ignazio Cassius pledged that his country will contribute 15 million dollars to Yemen this year, indicating that the number of Yemenis who suffer from food insecurity is twice the population of Switzerland.
“Humanitarian aid will not be effective unless it reaches the needy,” he said, calling for ensuring that aid reaches all parts of the country quickly and without obstacles.
In a related development, the Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Lind warned that the humanitarian crisis has pushed Yemen to the closest point of famine, indicating that Sweden has allocated $ 31 million for the current year for the humanitarian response in Yemen, which will be followed by other allocations in the coming years.
The French permanent representative to the United Nations, Nicolas de Revere, announced that his country will contribute to the humanitarian response in Yemen with at least 11 million euros.
While Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait, spoke about his country’s pledge of $ 20 million for a period of two years.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita also announced that his country made a contribution of one million dollars within the framework of this international solidarity effort for Yemen.