On Wednesday, the United States Agency for International Development announced $291 million in new humanitarian assistance to the Yemeni people.
This brings the total value of aid provided by the United States to alleviate the suffering of Yemenis to $3.9 billion.
Last August, the US Agency announced providing aid worth nearly $165 million to those affected by the humanitarian crisis in the country in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula.
This funding seeks to provide life-saving aid to Yemenis still facing a humanitarian crisis after nearly seven years of war that has left 20 million people struggling to survive without basic necessities, including more than two million children suffering from fatal malnutrition. .
This assistance allows the United Nations World Food Program to continue providing emergency food assistance.
Aid alone cannot, however, meet the massive and growing humanitarian needs in Yemen, where the escalation of violence increases humanitarian needs as it threatens to displace hundreds of thousands of people, adding to the pressure on the already overburdened humanitarian response.
The United States remains the largest single donor of humanitarian assistance in Yemen, providing nearly $4 billion to alleviate the suffering of its people since the crisis began.
The US Agency for International Development is calling on other donors to increase their contributions to help provide vital assistance to the Yemeni people who have suffered so much.
American commitment
On the other hand, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stressed that the United States remains committed to a comprehensive peace process led by the United Nations to achieve a lasting solution to the conflict for all Yemenis.
"Senior US officials, including the US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, continue to work closely with the United Nations and key regional and international partners to build on the unprecedented international consensus on the need to end the war," Blinken said in a statement.
He called on all parties to engage without preconditions with new UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and with each other and take meaningful steps to end the prolonged war that has claimed many lives, adding: "We have an opportunity to achieve peace in Yemen and we must seize it."
The US Secretary of State also called on the Yemeni government, Saudi Arabia, and the Houthis to do their part to ensure the flow of fuel into Yemen at prices Yemenis can afford, and to remove any obstacles or impediments to this end so that Yemeni civilians can access basic services and aid.
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