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New York, Sep 3 (JEN): Air strikes, armed confrontation and looting across Taiz governorate in Yemen have exacerbated an already desperate situation, dramatically escalating humanitarian suffering, the United Nations relief wing warned on Thursday, urging unimpeded access to those in need. more
Yemen: UN warns of ‘untenable’ humanitarian situation and increase in causalities

New York, Sep 2 (JEN): The UN human rights office said on Tuesday it is alarmed by the steep increase in the number of civilian casualties in Yemen’s Taiz governorate in recent weeks, ...

Yemen: UN official calls for scaling up efforts to meet humanitarian needs

New York, Aug 10 (JEN): The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen is appealing for significant contributions to scale up efforts to meet the “staggering” needs across ...

Yemen: UN begins food aid distribution in war-torn districts of Aden

New York, Jul 31 (JEN): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun distribution of food to around 340,000 people in eight of the worst-affected areas of the southern Yemeni port ...

Yemen: Ban welcomes Saudi-led coalition's announcement of humanitarian truce

New York, Jul 27 (JEN): Welcoming the announcement by the Saudi-led Coalition of a unilateral five-day humanitarian pause in Yemen, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on ...

Yemen: UN food aid arrives in Aden as intense fighting takes toll on civilians

New York, Jul 22 (JEN): In “a major breakthrough,” the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced that its first ship since conflict erupted in Yemen in March berthed on ...

Yemen: UN chief welcomes announcement of humanitarian ceasefire

New York, July 10 (JEN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the decision by Yemeni stakeholders to implement a humanitarian pause in the country's ongoing conflict and has reiterated ...

Yemen: amid 'massive' humanitarian crisis, UN reports civilian death toll now exceeds 1,500

New York, July 8 (JEN) The United Nations human rights office is among several key UN entities voicing deep concern over the worsening human rights and humanitarian situation in Yemen that h ...

Yemen: Ban deplores attack on UN compound in Gulf country, calls for full investigation

New York, June 30 (JEN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the Coalition-led airstrikes on a United Nations compound in the Yemeni city of Aden, which resulted in serious structura ...

Yemen: UN envoy optimistic for humanitarian truce amid ‘constructive political engagement’

New York, June 25 (JEN) Yemeni stakeholders remain on the path towards reviving a much-needed political transition despite the country’s ongoing hostilities, the United Nations Specia ...