Maurer calls the world to wake up and see what happens in Yemen

Peter Maurer, the head of the international Red Cross (ICRC), called the world to wake up and see the siege, destruction, hunger and killing of civilians in Yemen. 

Maurer described the situation in Yemen with catastrophic and is getting worse, ” goods have to arrive to Yemen urgently without any restrictions and facilitate the supplied of ration materials, water and medicines.

In his statement in Geneva, Maurer said that after his three days visit to Yemen he found the situation is getting worse day after day, “the world should wake up and see what is happening in this country”.

According to Tass agency, Maurer stressed that the continued fighting and restrictions on food and medicine imports will sharply affect the health care, ” they have to speed up a political solution to the Yemeni conflict”.