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After destroyed Yemeni economy, Guterres appeals to fund $2.1 billion to avert famine, and Yemen calls to stop war

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 U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Tuesday donor countries to collect $2.1 billion to avert famine in Yemen.no calling to stop the war.

Hisham Sharaf, Yemeni Foreign Minister, asked in a donor conference at Geneva to stop war in Yemen, avoiding economic consequences of the war to reach to Yemenis, and lifting besiege that composed on Sana`a  Airport.

Antonio Guterres added in the opening of a donor conference, “We are witnessing the starving and the crippling of an entire generation. We must act now to save lives”, adding ” “All infrastructure must remain open and operational.”

Photos shows children looking for food in a garbage due to blockade that imposed on Yemen

Despite some countries has committed more than $1 billion to Yemen, but what have reached to Yemenis especially in the North no more than 01%, according to Yemeni Source.

The U.N. called on April 5 for safeguarding of the port, where five cranes have been destroyed by airstrikes, forcing ships to line up offshore because they cannot be unloaded.

Initial pledges announced at the conference included $150 million from Saudi Arabia, $100 million from Kuwait, 50 million euros ($54.39 million) from Germany and $94 million from the United States, but destructions that caused by Saudi-led Coalition coast more than $10 billion.

Saudi-led Coalition, The U.S. has quietly but dutifully lent the Saudis weapons, logistics assistance, and diplomatic cover, has destroyed more than 80% of infrastructures in Yemen.

U.S and its partners Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and of the course the United Kingdom – have been allowed to get away with one of the most obvious and egregious, mass violations of international law and collective murder in modern history.

According to a recent United Nations report, the Saudi-led coalition has conducted airstrikes targeting civilians, including refugee camps, hospitals, weddings, and mosques, according to the U.N. panel, could amount to crimes against humanity