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Assault on key Yemeni port would endanger 300,000 children and ‘choke off’ aid for millions more: UNICEF chief

New York: Any attack on the key Yemeni port of Hodeida would deepen one of the world’s worst malnutrition crises and put the lives of an estimated 300,000 children at risk, said the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday. more

Children's education latest victim of Yemen conflict – UNICEF

New York: Yemen’s education system has been devastated by the country’s brutal conflict, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, reporting that at l ...

Yemen: UN aid chief welcomes $1 billion funding pledge as humanitarian crisis deepens

New York,Feb 14 (JEN): Amidst ongoing conflict, the collapse of basic services and economic decline in Yemen, the United Nations aid chief welcomed a substantial humanitarian pledge from ...

Giving voice to Yemen’s voiceless: Jamie McGoldrick reflects on two years leading UN’s relief effort

New York, Feb 2 (JEN): This year’s UN Response Plan for Yemen, describes the war-torn country as “the worst man-made humanitarian crisis” in the world, with more than 22 ...

Yemen: UNICEF warns conflict shutters one in 10 schools; teachers unpaid for a year

New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): The conflict in Yemen – now into its third year – continues to take a toll on millions of children, with their education now under threat, adding to an ...

Yemen: UN report urges probe into rights violations amid 'entirely man-made catastrophe'

New York, Sept 5(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief has called for an independent, international investigation into the allegations of serious violations of human rights ...

Yemen's children 'have suffered enough;' UNICEF official warns of cholera rise, malnutrition

New York, June 9(Just Earth News): The situation facing children in Yemen is “extremely dire,” a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official warned on Thursday, citing a dram ...

Yemen: UN verifies nearly 1,500 boys recruited for use in armed conflict

New York, Mar 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday urged all warring parties in Yemen to immediately release child soldiers, noting that the UN has verified ...

UN rights chief calls for international probe into alleged violations in Yemen

New York, Aug 25 (Just Earth News): Underlining the seriousness of alleged breaches of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Yemen, the United Nations High Com ...

Yemen: warning of ‘a lost generation,’ UN child rights envoy urges end to grave violations against children

New York, Aug 26 (JEN) Alarmed by the dramatic increase in grave violations against Yemen’s children, the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict has called o ...