The governor of Sa’ada Mohammed Jaber Awadh discussed on Monday with the director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen “OCHA”, George Khoury, the humanitarian situation in Sa’ada governorate.
At the meeting, the governor said that aspects of service in the governorate, such as health, education, food and shelters are in an emergency and catastrophic situation and in dire need for help.
He emphasized that the work of the organizations are not enough comparing with the destruction and the collapse of the humanitarian situation in Sa’ada, in which infectious diseases spread as a result of the interruption of health services in all districts and the constant bombardment using prohibited weapons.
On the other hand, the director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, George Khoury, confirmed that his visit aims to closely see the humanitarian situation in the governorate.
Mr. George stressed that the United Nations agencies would launch a humanitarian response to Yemen’s 2017 plan, calling on the international community to consider the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
