A Somali diplomat has urged the United Nations to increase humanitarian aid to his country.
Abdirahman Abdishakur, the Special Envoy for Drought Response, asked the UN to pay more attention to the humanitarian crisis emerging in Somalia.
The East African nation is in the midst of a drought.
Several organizations and stakeholders have labeled the drought the worst in the last four decades in Somalia.
There are fears that famine could occur in Somalia before the end of the year.
Abdishakur said that he is in the United States to bring the attention of the world to the ongoing drought in Somalia.
The envoy has been meeting with the representatives of various UN agencies and member states since early this week.