SaudiArabia has been named as the world's top contributor to a fund providing vitalhumanitarian aid for Yemen.
According to a report issued by the UN Office for theCoordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Kingdom remained the chiefsupporter of the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) 2019, which isestimated to be $4.19 billion.
The total funding of Saudi Arabia was $968.4 million, representing28 percent of the YHRP, with the US coming second with a donation of $907.6million (26 percent).
The OCHA aims to raise a further $71 million toward the reliefprogram to help tackle the continuing and deteriorating humanitarian situationin Yemen. The response plan supports sectors including food security,agriculture, health, water and hygiene, sanitation, nutrition, shelter, andeducation, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
The YHRP is the largest distress call by humanitarianorganizations to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people while working tosupport sustainable recovery.
The war in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, has causedwhat the UN has described as the globe's worst humanitarian crisis, with 22million people needing aid.
