I now give the floor to Miss Edem

Wosornu. Wosornu.

Thank you, Mr. President. This is our

third briefing to the Security Council

this year.

What I'm about to share is not new, but

a deterioration of an already terrible

situation. One which worsens every day.

Across Yemen, millions of people are

surviving day by day.

A decade of conflict has left people

hanging by a thread.

More than 22 million people are

surviving day-to-day.

More than 22 million people, nearly half

of the population across Yemen,

need humanitarian aid, and that number

is rising.

This crisis is hitting the most

vulnerable

first and hardest.

Hunger is tightening its grip. More than

18 million people face severe hunger.

Two out of every families are forced to

skip meals every day.

Women and children, of course,

as always, hit the hardest.

The nutrition crisis continues unabated.

2.2 million children under the age of

five are acutely malnourished.

And 1.3 million pregnant and

breastfeeding women face

life-threatening complications

due to malnutrition.

For too many children

and too many mothers,

this means irreversible,

lifelong physical and cognitive damage,

stunting, and even death.

At the same time, the health system is

collapsing.

Two out of every five health facilities

are not fully functional,

leaving more than 19 million people who

need health care without it.

Vaccine-preventable diseases are

spreading fast. Cholera, measles,

diphtheria are ravaging communities in

places

in numbers that place Yemen among the

worst in the world. Mr. President,

we're trying to respond in one of the

most challenging environments in the

world today.

As you heard from Special Envoy

Grundberg, 73 of our United Nations

colleagues remain arbitrarily detained

by the Houthi de facto authorities.

With no or very limited communication

with their families.

Many of our assets have been seized

and our access severely restricted.

Faced with this reality, we have been

forced to reassess our operations in

areas held by de facto authorities.

Humanitarian operations continue.

And here, let me pay tribute to our NGO

partners working with such courage and

determination, but of course change is

needed. We need this Council's support

to secure humanitarian access

that is desperately needed. Mr.

President,

it is over this grim reality that this

most recent, still unresolved regional

escalation looms large.

Prices are rising sharply.

Cooking gas is up 26% while fuel prices

have climbed 20%.

This matters in a country that imports

nearly everything.

90% of wheat is brought in from abroad

and milling itself

requires fuel

that is also imported.

We're also seeing wider supply chain

disruptions across the region,

making supply routes more costly, less

predictable, slowing down what remains

of our operations. Mr. President, we

cannot allow this catastrophe to

continue.

Our humanitarian needs and response plan

seeks 2.16 billion US dollars

to deliver life-saving assistance to 12

million people this year.

It's a blueprint to avert a far deeper

catastrophe.

But right now, the gap

between resources

we have and the soaring humanitarian

needs is widening.

Last year's appeal was only 29% funded.

One of the biggest shortfalls in a

decade.

Mr. President, let me close by

reiterating again our most urgent asks

of this Council.

First, please use your influence to

secure the release of our detained

United Nations colleagues, as well as

dozens of current and former staff from

NGOs, civil society, and the diplomatic

community. Push for us to be able to

carry out our work safely

and without impediment for those who

most urgently need our support.

Second, please fund the response now.

Third, support the Special Envoy's

efforts to achieve peace.

Without it, this cycle of death,

disease, deprivation will continue.

Thank you.

I thank Miss Wosornu for her briefing.