A spokesperson for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced Tuesday in Geneva that 10,000 children have been killed or injured in Yemen since the conflict began.

Spokesperson James Alder said during a press statement, in which he urged an end to the fighting, that "the conflict in Yemen has just passed a shameful stage, with the threshold of ten thousand children killed or maimed since the start of the fighting in March 2015. This is equivalent to four children a day."

He added that this number includes only the child victims whose fate the organization was able to verify, noting that there are countless other children.

Alder continued, "UNICEF urgently needs more than $235 million to continue life-saving work in Yemen until mid-2022...otherwise it will have to reduce or stop its vital assistance to vulnerable children. Funding is essential. We can draw a clear line between donor support and saving lives, but Even with increased support, the war must end."

"With current funding levels and without ending the fighting, UNICEF cannot reach all of these children. There is no other way to say this but without international support more irresponsible children will die in this crisis," he said.

"The humanitarian crisis in Yemen - the worst in the world - represents a tragic confluence of four threats: 1- a violent and protracted war, 2- economic devastation, 3- the collapse of services in every support system - i.e. health, nutrition, water, sanitation, protection and education, and 4- A response from the United Nations is in dire need of funding."

"Four out of five children need humanitarian assistance. This is more than 11 million children," he said.

In addition, Elder said, “400,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition, and more than two million children are out of school. Another four million are at risk of dropping out.”

The war in Yemen began in 2014 when Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized the capital, Sanaa, leading to the intervention of a Saudi-led military coalition the following year. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions.