UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said today that the United Nations needs massive funds to avert famine in Yemen and warring parties there must ensure humanitarian aid can be delivered. <br/><br/>Opening a donor conference in Geneva, he appealed for 1.2 billion dollars this year for Yemen, where Guterres said a child under the age of five dies of preventable causes every 10 minutes, is only 15 percent covered. <br/><br/>Two years of conflict between Houthi rebels aligned with Iran and a Western-backed, Saudi-led coalition that carries out air strikes almost daily have killed at least 10,000 people in Yemen, and hunger and disease are rife there.<br/><br/>Nearly 19 million people or two-thirds of the population need emergency aid, Guterres said, renewing a call for peace talks and urging all parties to facilitate the rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian aid by air, sea and land.<br/><br/>Yemen's Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid Bin Daghr said his government, which controls only part of the country, would allow access for aid supplies.