The vessel will head to Yemen and remove 1.1m barrels of oil from a stricken tanker in the Red Sea.
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For years, more than a million barrels of crude oil have been sitting on a decaying supertanker in the Red Sea. But on Thursday, the UN said it had purchased a crude carrier that would head to Yemen and remove the barrels of oil from the stricken ship. "A major spill would devastate fishing communities on Yemen's Red Sea coast, likely wiping out 200,000 livelihoods instantly. Whole communities would be exposed to life-threatening toxins. Highly polluted air would affect millions," it said.The UN had been searching for years for a solution and appealed for donations. The planned operation is estimated to cost $129m of which $75m has been received and another $20m has been pledged, it said.
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