The world’s largest humanitarian crisis is currently unfolding in Yemen, which calls for immediate response of the international community. The devastation has been caused by an armed conflict on-going since 2015. The United Nations data speaks for itself: 22.2 million people are in need of assistance while 11.3 million are in acute need of humanitarian aid, and 17.8 million are malnourished. Having taken into account the critical situation of the country which is on the brink of famine, Lithuania is going to transfer its humanitarian aid allocations to Yemen to the account of the World Food Programme.
The conflict in Syria is in its seventh year now. The United Nations estimated that 0.4 million people have been killed and 13.5 million are in need of humanitarian aid in Syria. Due to the particularly complicated situation 5.41 million people have fled the country and 6.3 million have left their homes and are internally displaced. The humanitarian aid allocated by Lithuania to Syria will be transferred to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
The funds for Albania have been approved in response to the request of the Government of the Republic of Albania. Particularly intense rainfall in many places in Albania has resulted in huge material losses; a large number of people have been evacuated.
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already allocated EUR 330 thousand in humanitarian aid to those who suffered from conflicts and natural disasters in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, South Sudan, Somali, Nigeria, Mali, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leon and Dominique, to Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, and refugees from Myanmar.
