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<p>On 24 February, the Prime Minister announced that the UK will provide an additional
£200 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen for the next financial
year (2019/2020). This was the third largest amount pledged at the UN 2019 Yemen Pledging
conference and brings the total UK commitment to Yemen to £770 million since the conflict
began in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We are encouraging other large donors to disburse promptly
and are confident that if this happens the UN and NGOs will be able to deliver a strong
humanitarian response. The Geneva Pledging Conference in February of this year saw
$2.6 billion pledged, approximately 20% of which has been disbursed to date.</p><p>
</p><p>The UK has brought forward funding to cover urgent UN funding gaps and will
have disbursed over half of our £200 million funding by the beginning of June. We
will release our remaining funds promptly and in line with our partners’ funding requirements.</p>
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