The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs "OCHA" announced the allocation of $ 20 million to strengthen humanitarian operations in Yemen. 

In a statement, the OCHA office said that $100 million has been allocated from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to strengthen underfunded humanitarian operations in 11 countries, including Yemen ($20 million). 

According to the United Nations, about 19 million people in Yemen (6 out of 10 people) suffer from acute food insecurity. 

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, said at the UN Security Council session last Thursday on armed conflict and food security, "an estimated 160,000 Yemenis face catastrophic conditions, while 538,000 children suffer from severe malnutrition.

The United Nations notes that the situation may be exacerbated by humanitarian response funding gaps and ongoing economic instability. 

Disruptions in commercial imports could exacerbate food insecurity - a possibility that has become all too real in recent weeks, as funding shortfalls threaten the operations of the United Nations Verification and Inspection Mechanism, which inspects all commercial imports, including food, into Red Sea ports Yemen, according to the United Nations News website.