UN hosts aid-pledging conference for beleaguered Yemen
GENEVA -- The United Nations secretary-general and high-ranking government officials from dozens of countries were meeting Tuesday in Geneva to drum up funds for war-torn Yemen, considered one of the world's greatest humanitarian crises.
Antonio Guterres and top diplomats from Switzerland and Sweden are co-hosting a pledging conference in the Swiss city that's aimed at helping assemble $2.1 billion in a UN relief appeal that was launched this year.
The UN's humanitarian arm, OCHA, has pointed to "an alarming 18.8 million people in need of humanitarian or protection assistance" in Yemen.
