Yemen has only around three months supply of wheat stocks and could see similar shortages of other food grains such as rice.<br /><br /> According to Reuters, that’s the assessment of Jamie McGoldrick, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country, as starvation deepens in the Arab peninsula’s poorest country.<br /><br /> A crisis at the central bank has seen food imports cut with no guarantees of any improvement for some months.<br /><br /> “Overall, the plight of children remains grim, with a child under the age of five dying every 10 minutes of preventable causes,” said Stephen O’Brien, the UN’s humanitarian chief, in a statement to the Security Council.<br /><br /> “Since the hostilities began in March 2015, more than 1,400 children have been killed and over 2,140 injured.”<br /><br /> My full remarks to the #UNSC just now on #Yemen, the largest food security emergency in the world. https://t.co/epOum3aP1K pic.twitter.com/mp9ZRrFOoS— Stephen O’Brien (@UNReliefChief) January 26, 2017<br /><br /> It has been estimated that nearly two-thirds of the population are in need of aid: the effect of the war between a Saudi-led Arab coalition and the Houthi movement which is aligned to Riyadh’s rival Iran.<br /><br /> The head of the European Union’s delegation to the country, Antonia Calvo Puerta, has praised as a first “brave step” the World Bank’s pledge of $450 million (420 million euros) in emergency support for Yemen.<br /><br /> The UN has said it will need around $2 billion (1.8 billion euros) this year to confront what it calls the world’s “largest food security emergency”.<br /><br /> #StandWithYemen oxfam's Mark_Goldring1 says humanitarian supplies are keeping millions alive through #yemencrisis— Nicola Peckett (@NicolaPeckett) January 26, 2017<br /><br /> Yemen’s wheat reserves down to three months supply: U.N. official https://t.co/BhFCISUgkG pic.twitter.com/e1HER7SWsv— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) January 27, 2017<br />
