That would, of course, need to be replenished by donors," Haq said. "We have available internal financial mechanisms if there are still gaps. was confident a salvage operation could begin by the end of May. has warned its structural integrity has significantly deteriorated and it is at risk of exploding.ĭeputy U.N. The war in Yemen suspended maintenance operations on the Safer in 2015. officials have been warning for years that the Red Sea and Yemen's coastline was at risk as the Safer tanker could spill four times as much oil as the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska. The United Nations on Thursday fell far short of raising the money it needs for an operation to salvage 1.1 million barrels of oil from a decaying vessel moored off Yemen's coast and avert an environmental disaster.
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