U.N. pleads for end of Yemen blockade or 'untold thousands' will die (This story from November 16 corrects paragraph 15 to say Aden port only partially open and Sanaa airport remains closed, not open for commercial flights) By Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The heads of three U.N. agencies urged the Saudi-led military coalition on Thursday to lift its blockade of Yemen, warning that  untold thousands  would die if it stayed in place. The coalition closed all air, land and sea access to Yemen on Nov. 6 following the interception of a missile fired towards the Saudi capital, saying it had to stem the flow of arms from Iran to its Houthi opponents in the war in Yemen. Yemen already has 7 million people on the brink of famine, but without the reopening of all ports that number could grow by 3.2 million, the heads of the World Food Programme, UNICEF and the World Health Organization said in a joint statement.  The cost of this blockade is being measured in the number of lives that are lost,  the statement from David Beasley, Anthony Lake and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.  Together, we issue another urgent appeal for the coalition to permit entry of lifesaving supplies to Yemen in response to what is now the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.   U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote to Saudi U.N. Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi to warn him that the blockade was  already reversing the impact of humanitarian efforts,  U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.   The Secretary-General is very much disappointed we ve not seen a lifting of the blockade. The Secretary-General and his humanitarian team are heartbroken at the scenes we re seeing from Yemen,  Dujarric told reporters.  Saudi Arabia has since said that aid can go through  liberated ports  but not Houthi-controlled Hodeidah, the conduit for the vast bulk of imports into Yemen.  For months, the U.N. has warned that the closure of Hodeidah would dramatically escalate the crisis.  As of Wednesday, 29 vessels, with 300,000 tonnes of food and 192,000 tonnes of fuel, had been blocked, while U.N. ships carrying $10 million of health and nutrition supplies and 25,000 tonnes of wheat were waiting to berth at Hodeidah, according to another U.N. statement.  Without fuel, the vaccine cold chain, water supply systems and waste water treatment plants will stop functioning. And without food and safe water, the threat of famine grows by the day,  the U.N. agency heads said. At least one million children are at risk if a fast-spreading diphtheria outbreak is not stopped in its tracks, and the lives of 400,000 pregnant women and their babies are under threat because of the lack of medicines.  There is also the risk of a renewed flare-up in cholera, which was on the wane after the most explosive outbreak ever recorded - with over 900,000 cases and 2,200 deaths in the past six months. The number of new cholera cases has declined for the last eight weeks, Sherin Varkey, UNICEF deputy representative in Yemen, said in a telephone interview from Sanaa on Thursday. The government-controlled port of Aden has partially re-opened for limited shipments of aid, while Sanaa airport remains closed for commercial and humanitarian flights. Humanitarian access is inadequate as  needs are so huge , he said.  There is a fuel crisis. Some estimates say fuel will only last in the country for 20 days because of the blockade and challenges of getting fuel into the country,  Varkey said. UNICEF is helping provide clean water to 6 million Yemenis by ensuring fuel is delivered to water pumping stations in cities, he said.  Our worry is with the fuel shortage this could affect and even we assume reverse the declining trend (in cholera),  he said. worldnews
pleads end yemen blockade thousands die this story november corrects paragraph say aren port partially open santa airport remains closed open commercial flights by stephanie nebehay tom miles geneva reuters the heads three agencies urged military coalition thursday lift blockade yemen warning untold thousands would die stayed place the coalition closed air land sea access yemen following interception missile fired towards saudi capital saying stem flow arms iran south opponents war yemen yemen already million people brink famine without reopening ports number could grow million heads world food programme unicef world health organization said joint statement the cost blockade measured number lives lost statement david bailey anthony lake terms adhanom ghebreyesus said together issue another urgent appeal coalition permit entry lifesaving supplies yemen response worst humanitarian crisis world antonio guerre wrote saudi ambassador abdullah warn blockade already reversing impact humanitarian efforts spokesman stephanie dujarric said thursday the much disappointed seen lifting blockade the humanitarian team heartbroken scenes seeing yemen dujarric told reporters saudi arabia since said aid go liberated ports hodeidah conduit vast bulk imports yemen for months warned closure hodeidah would dramatically escalate crisis as wednesday vessels tonnes food tonnes fuel blocked ships carrying million health nutrition supplies tonnes wheat waiting berth hodeidah according another statement without fuel vaccine cold chain water supply systems waste water treatment plants stop functioning and without food safe water threat famine grows day agency heads said at least one million children risk diphtheria outbreak stopped tracks lives pregnant women babies threat lack medicines there also risk renewed cholera wane explosive outbreak ever recorded cases deaths past six months the number new cholera cases declined last eight weeks serif market unicef deputy representative yemen said telephone interview santa thursday the port aren partially limited shipments aid santa airport remains closed commercial humanitarian flights humanitarian access inadequate needs huge said there fuel crisis some estimates say fuel last country days blockade challenges getting fuel country market said unicef helping provide clean water million yemen ensuring fuel delivered water pumping stations cities said our worry fuel shortage could affect even assume reverse declining trend cholera said worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: U.N. pleads for end of Yemen blockade or 'untold thousands' will die (This story from November 16 corrects paragraph 15 to say Aden port only partially open and Sanaa airport remains closed, not open for commercial flights) By Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The heads of three U.N. agencies urged the Saudi-led military coalition on Thursday to lift its blockade of Yemen, warning that  untold thousands  would die if it stayed in place. The coalition closed all air, land and sea access to Yemen on Nov. 6 following the interception of a missile fired towards the Saudi capital, saying it had to stem the flow of arms from Iran to its Houthi opponents in the war in Yemen. Yemen already has 7 million people on the brink of famine, but without the reopening of all ports that number could grow by 3.2 million, the heads of the World Food Programme, UNICEF and the World Health Organization said in a joint statement.  The cost of this blockade is being measured in the number of lives that are lost,  the statement from David Beasley, Anthony Lake and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.  Together, we issue another urgent appeal for the coalition to permit entry of lifesaving supplies to Yemen in response to what is now the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.   U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote to Saudi U.N. Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi to warn him that the blockade was  already reversing the impact of humanitarian efforts,  U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.   The Secretary-General is very much disappointed we ve not seen a lifting of the blockade. The Secretary-General and his humanitarian team are heartbroken at the scenes we re seeing from Yemen,  Dujarric told reporters.  Saudi Arabia has since said that aid can go through  liberated ports  but not Houthi-controlled Hodeidah, the conduit for the vast bulk of imports into Yemen.  For months, the U.N. has warned that the closure of Hodeidah would dramatically escalate the crisis.  As of Wednesday, 29 vessels, with 300,000 tonnes of food and 192,000 tonnes of fuel, had been blocked, while U.N. ships carrying $10 million of health and nutrition supplies and 25,000 tonnes of wheat were waiting to berth at Hodeidah, according to another U.N. statement.  Without fuel, the vaccine cold chain, water supply systems and waste water treatment plants will stop functioning. And without food and safe water, the threat of famine grows by the day,  the U.N. agency heads said. At least one million children are at risk if a fast-spreading diphtheria outbreak is not stopped in its tracks, and the lives of 400,000 pregnant women and their babies are under threat because of the lack of medicines.  There is also the risk of a renewed flare-up in cholera, which was on the wane after the most explosive outbreak ever recorded - with over 900,000 cases and 2,200 deaths in the past six months. The number of new cholera cases has declined for the last eight weeks, Sherin Varkey, UNICEF deputy representative in Yemen, said in a telephone interview from Sanaa on Thursday. The government-controlled port of Aden has partially re-opened for limited shipments of aid, while Sanaa airport remains closed for commercial and humanitarian flights. Humanitarian access is inadequate as  needs are so huge , he said.  There is a fuel crisis. Some estimates say fuel will only last in the country for 20 days because of the blockade and challenges of getting fuel into the country,  Varkey said. UNICEF is helping provide clean water to 6 million Yemenis by ensuring fuel is delivered to water pumping stations in cities, he said.  Our worry is with the fuel shortage this could affect and even we assume reverse the declining trend (in cholera),  he said. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: pleads end yemen blockade thousands die this story november corrects paragraph say aren port partially open santa airport remains closed open commercial flights by stephanie nebehay tom miles geneva reuters the heads three agencies urged military coalition thursday lift blockade yemen warning untold thousands would die stayed place the coalition closed air land sea access yemen following interception missile fired towards saudi capital saying stem flow arms iran south opponents war yemen yemen already million people brink famine without reopening ports number could grow million heads world food programme unicef world health organization said joint statement the cost blockade measured number lives lost statement david bailey anthony lake terms adhanom ghebreyesus said together issue another urgent appeal coalition permit entry lifesaving supplies yemen response worst humanitarian crisis world antonio guerre wrote saudi ambassador abdullah warn blockade already reversing impact humanitarian efforts spokesman stephanie dujarric said thursday the much disappointed seen lifting blockade the humanitarian team heartbroken scenes seeing yemen dujarric told reporters saudi arabia since said aid go liberated ports hodeidah conduit vast bulk imports yemen for months warned closure hodeidah would dramatically escalate crisis as wednesday vessels tonnes food tonnes fuel blocked ships carrying million health nutrition supplies tonnes wheat waiting berth hodeidah according another statement without fuel vaccine cold chain water supply systems waste water treatment plants stop functioning and without food safe water threat famine grows day agency heads said at least one million children risk diphtheria outbreak stopped tracks lives pregnant women babies threat lack medicines there also risk renewed cholera wane explosive outbreak ever recorded cases deaths past six months the number new cholera cases declined last eight weeks serif market unicef deputy representative yemen said telephone interview santa thursday the port aren partially limited shipments aid santa airport remains closed commercial humanitarian flights humanitarian access inadequate needs huge said there fuel crisis some estimates say fuel last country days blockade challenges getting fuel country market said unicef helping provide clean water million yemen ensuring fuel delivered water pumping stations cities said our worry fuel shortage could affect even assume reverse declining trend cholera said worldnews