10月2日星期五，联合国世界粮食计划署发出警告称，随着也门境内战火重燃，粮食危机有可能演变为“极具破坏性”的灾难。该机构指出，除非国际社会加大援助力度，否则局势前景堪忧。
The hunger crisis in Yemen threatens to become "absolutely devastating" as renewed fighting grips the country, the United Nations' World Food Programme warned on Friday, October 2. The WFP said that unless the international community stepped up its efforts to help, the outlook was bleak.
由伊朗支持的胡塞武装近期对也门境内沙特支持的政府军发起新一轮地面攻势，已导致数百人死亡，并进一步加剧了该国的人道主义危机。
A renewed ground campaign waged by the Iran-backed Houthis against Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces has left hundreds dead and is deepening the country's humanitarian crisis.
“如今，也门的饥饿问题正在我们眼前迅速恶化，”世界粮食计划署负责项目运营的助理执行主任马修·霍林沃思说道。他在罗马通过视频连线参加在日内瓦举行的新闻发布会时称，此次冲突“极有可能对也门的粮食安全造成毁灭性影响”。“资源与通行途径极为有限”也门是全球最贫穷的国家之一，目前仍深陷严重的人道主义危机之中。9月份，胡塞武装发起闪电式进攻，迅速占领了也门整个红海沿岸地区，包括至关重要的曼德海峡航道，致使战事进一步升级。
"Hunger in Yemen today is accelerating before our eyes," said Matthew Hollingworth, WFP's assistant executive director for programme operations. The latest flare-up "threatens to be absolutely devastating" for food security in the country, he told a press conference in Geneva, speaking from Rome. 'Very limited resources and access' Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the world and remains gripped by a vast humanitarian crisis. Fighting intensified in September as the Houthis launched a lightning offensive that saw them seize Yemen's entire Red Sea coast, including the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital shipping lane.
霍林沃思指出，这场冲突直接影响了这个拥有3500万人口的国家的民众获取食物的能力——目前近四分之三的家庭无法满足基本的食物需求。“短短几周内，这一数字便创下了今年的新高，”他说道，并补充称食品价格正在急剧上涨。他还强调，由于也门约90%的食品依赖进口，该国极易受到粮食危机的冲击。
Hollingworth said the fighting had had an immediate impact on the ability of people in Yemen – population 35 million – to put food on the table, with almost three in four households now unable to meet their basic food needs. "That's a record number for this year in just a few weeks," he said, adding that food prices were rising sharply. Yemen is exceptionally vulnerable because it imports around 90% of all the food it consumes, he added.
他透露，世界粮食计划署观察到许多家庭在断粮断水的情况下跋涉数日才抵达城市；还有一些人只能靠用树叶、野草等任何能找到的材料熬制的汤和面包勉强维持生存。
He said the WFP was seeing families arriving in cities after walking for days without food or water, while some were attempting to survive on bread and soup made from anything available, including leaves and grass.
“我们正在扩大援助规模，但手头资源有限，且难以进入亟需援助的地区，”他警告称，这场危机的影响范围可能远远超出也门国界。“未来局势只会愈发严峻”在近期冲突再度升级前，世界粮食计划署一直在为政府控制区的150多万人提供援助，但如今却越来越难以进入前线地区。霍林沃思表示，他们无法接触到原先负责援助的约35万名民众。
"We are scaling up as the WFP, but we're doing so with very limited resources and access to areas that we need to get into," he said, warning that the crisis could compound "far beyond" Yemen's borders. 'The outlook is going to get bleak' WFP was helping more than 1.5 million people in government-controlled areas before the latest intensification of fighting, but was now finding it increasingly hard to reach frontline areas. Hollingworth said they were prevented from reaching some 350,000 people they used to serve.
“除非获得新的资金，否则再过几周，我们就会耗尽用于救助新近流离失所者的物资与资金，而那些一直依赖世界粮食计划署获得生存援助的数百万民众也将陷入困境，”他说道。“如果国际社会不能尽快伸出援手帮助也门，局势将会愈发严峻。”世界粮食计划署称，为向受冲突升级影响的多达150万名民众提供紧急粮食与营养援助，需要1.09亿美元的资金支持；此外，为在2027年3月前持续为240万名民众提供常规援助，还需1.58亿美元。
"Unless we get new funding, in a few weeks we will run out of stocks and money" to help newly-displaced people, "but also the millions of people for whom WFP has been a crucial lifeline," he said. "If the world doesn't step up soon to help Yemen, the outlook is going to get bleak." WFP said it needed $109 million to provide emergency food and nutrition assistance for up to 1.5 million people affected by the escalation. It also needs $158 million to sustain its regular operations for 2.4 million people through to March 2027.