(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) The United Nations said today that the ongoing conflict in Yemen has resulted in over 32,000 casualties, with people 5,700 killed, including 830 women and children, alongside a sharp rise in human rights violations - nearly 8,875 or an average of 43 violations occurring every day.
"The collapse of basic services in Yemen continues to accelerate", the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Johannes Van der Klaauw, said in a statement.
The statement added that approximately 14 million people lack sufficient access to healthcare, with three million children and pregnant or lactating women in need of malnutrition treatment or preventive services, and 1.8 million children have been out of school since mid-March. "Overall, essential services are rapidly contracting due to the direct impact of the conflict and insufficient resources to pay salaries or maintenance", Van der Klaauw said.
He further noted that the devastating conflict, which now has spread to 20 of Yemen's 22 governorates, has led to a desperate humanitarian situation that has "drastically deteriorated" over the last seven months.
Van der Klaauw also said that the people of Yemen are now grappling with a breakdown of essential services and forced displacement, as nearly 21.2 million people, or a staggering 82% of the population, are in need for some kind of humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs or protect their fundamental rights, including protection of civilians and provision of essential services.
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