A special conference on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen will kick off on Monday in Doha. Organised by the Qatar Charity Society (QC), the conference will be held in partnership with 13 organisations and international and regional networks.

The conference, which will be under the theme ‘The humanitarian crisis in Yemen and the challenges and prospects of the humanitarian response,’ will see the participation of more than 90 local, international and regional humanitarian organisations and a number of international networks, along with more than 150 experts and professionals in various humanitarian sectors such as education, health, water and sanitation, livelihoods and economic empowerment, shelter and food and protection, Qatar News Agency (QNA) has reported. The conclave concludes on Wednesday.

The first of its kind with such a level of participation, the conference aims to unite the visions of partners about the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, as well as the exchange of information and ways to promote the follow-up mechanisms for determining the needs of those affected and the distribution of geographic areas in order to develop action plans and initiatives among the partners.

The crisis in Yemen is ranked among the most pressing humanitarian crises in the world given the big gap between the assistance required and resources available.

Participants are set to hold technical workshops with experts identifying the needs of the Yemeni people in the first two days of the conference. High-level meetings will review the results on Wednesday and launch initiatives and partnerships, alliances and coordination between field actors, QNA reported.

Four in five residents of Yemen, or 21.2 million people, currently require some form of humanitarian protection or assistance as a result of the civil war, according to the United Nations.

Around 6,000 people have been killed in the conflict, about half of them civilians.