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  • 15-08-20

    United Nations voices anxiety in excess of oil tanker fastened off Yemen

    (MENAFN) On Friday August 14 the United Nation cautioned that time is finishing to stop a rotting tanker threaded off the coast of Yemen from putting its cargo of 1.1 million barrels of oil into the Red Sea.

    Stephane Dujarric Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' spokesman stated that "The aging tanker has had almost no maintenance since 2015 and risks causing a major oil spill, explosion or fire that would have catastrophic environmental and humanitarian consequences for Yemen and the region,".

    The United Nation utters that a spill would cause the closing of the port of Hudaydah, a salvation for millions of Yemenis who depend on imports of humanitarian help.

    Especially, a probable oil leak into the Red Sea would rigorously harm Red Sea bionetworks relied on by 30 million people athwart the region, Dujarric stated that. "It would moreover force the closure of Hudaydah port for many months, which would exacerbate Yemen's already severe economic crisis and cut off millions of people from access to food and other essential commodities.".

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