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URL:https://quincyinst.org/events/yemen-at-the-crossroads-updates-on-the-h
 umanitarian-crisis-and-what-congress-can-do-about-it/
SUMMARY:Yemen at the Crossroads: Updates On the Humanitarian Crisis and Wha
 t Congress Can Do About It
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Friends Committee on National Legislation a
 nd Demand Progress.  Consideration of this year’s National Defense Autho
 rization Act comes at a critical time for Yemen\, as roughly 16.2 million 
 people in Yemen are at risk of famine. Aid agencies have described Yemen a
 s the worst place in the world to be a child\, with the conflict claiming 
 the lives of at least 85\,000 children from hunger and disease. The UN war
 ned this year\, 400\,000 children under the age of 5 could perish from sev
 ere acute malnutrition this year without urgent action. The House of Repre
 sentatives recently passed amendments by Rep. Khanna and Chairman Meeks wh
 ich respectively seek to end and limit U.S. participation in the war. The 
 text of the Senate NDAA also contains provisions seeking to limit U.S. inv
 olvement.  Despite growing pressure from lawmakers\, civil society\, and Y
 emeni-American activists against the Saudi blockade of Yemen\, during the 
 month of September only 9.5% of Yemen’s fuel needs were allowed to enter
  the country’s Red Sea ports. While the Biden Administration has promise
 d to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition's war\, and has publicly
  acknowledged opposition to the blockade\, there has been no confirmation 
 that the U.S. has meaningfully pressured Saudi Arabia to lift the blockade
  nor has the US fully ended support for the Saudi-led coalition. Meanwhile
 \, the world's worst humanitarian crisis continues in Yemen.  For this eve
 nt\, panelists will: offer updates on the blockade\, ongoing humanitarian 
 crisis\, and the U.S.'s role\; highlight stories from the ground in Yemen\
 ; offer perspectives on what role Congress can play in ending U.S. involve
 ment in the war and blockade\, including analysis of provisions in the NDA
 A.  The event will take place on Tuesday\, October 26\, at 3 pm ET.  [embe
 d]https://youtu.be/zYjUJ-qRdx0[/embed] 
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LOCATION:Zoom Briefing\, Zoom Briefing\,  \, United States
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