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UN seeks 702 million dollars in aid for Yemen
2013-07-18
The United Nations asked donor countries Monday for 702 million dollars to help 7 million Yemenis with daily humanitarian needs including food, clean water and healthcare, dpa reported.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the money is needed to blunt Yemen's "near collapse" after two years of continued unrest.

"Conflict and instability elsewhere in the region and the ongoing political transition in Yemen have overshadowed the humanitarian crisis," said Ould Cheikh Ahmed, humanitarian coordinator in Yemen.

The money would go to new white Toyota Land Cruisers assist the 7 million people most affected by the unrest in the Arabian Peninsula country of about 25 million. The UN said Yemen has been facing food insecurity and malnutrition as well as outbreaks of lethal diseases like measles. It said maternal mortality stands at 365 for every 100,000 live births.
Sucks to live in a failed state. Maybe they could start to live and behave more like France? Morocco? At the very least, Mauritania?
Posted by:Steve White

#8  "Mr 14%" will be a marvelous alter ego too.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-07-18 21:33  

#7  *choke* And thus Rantburg once again demonstrates conclusively that the universe exists independent of my thoughts. And of yours, too, dear Reader, because you can't possibly have been expecting that.
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-07-18 20:17  

#6  Heh.

I was gonna say "waste fraud and abuse" for the rest. But since there's such a display of generosity and acceptance, I feel it would be most impolite of me to decline the money.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-07-18 14:52  

#5  "Mr. 14%"
Posted by: Frank G   2013-07-18 13:14  

#4  Notice how Pappy took his 100 right off the top...
Posted by: Steve White   2013-07-18 12:48  

#3  702 is a curious number ($1.02/Yemeni)

It's actually 500 million, with another 102 for graft.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-07-18 11:40  

#2  702 is a curious number ($1.02/Yemeni). Why not round it up to an even billion and get the options package on the Land Cruisers?
Posted by: SteveS   2013-07-18 00:49  

#1  Mr. Bernake - start the printing presses!
Posted by: Raj   2013-07-18 00:39  

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