UN Must Act to Prevent Major Oil Spill Catastrophe in Yemen

Jun 8, 2021 | Greenpeace International
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Greenpeace called for swift action from the United Nations (UN) to resolve the long outstanding environmental and humanitarian threat posed by the FSO Safer, ahead of today’s UN Security Council meeting during which Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and Reena Ghelani, the Director of Operations and Advocacy for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), will be providing updates on the FSO Safer situation. 

The Safer is a rusting tanker with 1.1 million barrels (over 140,000 tonnes) of oil on board anchored just 6 km (4 miles) off the coast from the world’s worst humanitarian disaster unfolding in Yemen.[1]