UN aids Yemenis in embattled Mokha; warns on cholera outbreak

May 17, 2017, at 04:58 am

New York, May 16(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday confirmed that for only the third time this year, its field teams were able to distribute humanitarian aid in the embattled district of Mokha, in Yemen's Red Sea governorate of Taizz.

Unimpeded access, humanitarian funds urgently needed in Yemen – senior UN relief official

May 09, 2017, at 05:08 am

New York, May 8(Just Earth News): Voicing concern over lack of humanitarian access – particularly for medicine and medical supplies – in war-torn Yemen, a senior United Nations relief official has called on all parties to the conflict to ensure urgent and unrestricted access to people in need across the country.

Nearly $1.1 billion pledged for beleaguered Yemen at UN-led humanitarian conference

Apr 26, 2017, at 05:49 am

New York, Apr 26(Just Earth News): With nearly two-thirds of war-torn Yemen – about 19 million people – in need of emergency support, the international community on Tuesday raised $1.1 billion at a pledging event in Geneva to aid what the United Nations chief calls “the world’s largest hunger crisis.”

UN-led conference to mobilize global action to avert 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Yemen

Apr 25, 2017, at 01:00 pm

New York, Apr 25(Just Earth News): The United Nations together with the governments of Sweden and Switzerland will convene a one-day conference in Geneva, tomorrow, to draw global attention to the deepening humanitarian crisis in war-torn Yemen where millions are “close to a breaking point.”

Ontario responds to UN officials’ call for urgent action to prevent famine

Apr 24, 2017, at 08:31 am

Toronto, Apr 23 (Just Earth News): Responding to the UN officials' call for urgent action to prevent famine in African region, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has stated that Ontario is contributing $2.5 Million for Emergency Relief Efforts in Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Nigeria.

Millions in Yemen on brink of famine, situation ‘close to a breaking point,’ warns UN a

Apr 13, 2017, at 04:38 am

New York, Apr 12(Just Earth News): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its emergency operations in war-torn Yemen to provide urgently needed food assistance to some nine million people, the agency said on Wednesday.

Millions across Africa, Yemen could be at risk of death from starvation – UN agency

Apr 12, 2017, at 05:02 am

New York, Apr 11(Just Earth News): Warning of increasing risk of mass deaths from starvation in many countries in Africa and in Yemen due to worsening drought and conflict, the United Nations refugee agency has called for international support to prevent the repeat of the 2011 tragedy in the Horn of Africa that claimed more than 260,000 lives.

Millions of children in Yemen vaccinated against polio through UN-backed campaign

Apr 11, 2017, at 02:05 pm

New York, Apr 11(Just Earth News): Despite daunting challenges, United Nations agencies and partners in war-torn Yemen have completed a major nationwide polio inoculation campaign, vaccinating nearly five million children under the age of five against the paralyzing disease.

Half of all health facilities in war-torn Yemen now closed; medicines urgently needed – UN

Mar 29, 2017, at 01:55 pm

New York, Mar 29 (Just Earth News): More than 14 million people in Yemen have no access to health services, the United Nations health agency on Tuesday said, warning that transportation of medical personnel and treatment for the injured is getting increasingly difficult as this week the fighting enters its third year.

Children paying the heaviest price as conflict in Yemen enters third year – UN

Mar 28, 2017, at 04:14 am

New York, Mar 27 (Just Earth News): As the escalation of the conflict in Yemen enters its third year this week, the top United Nations humanitarian official has called on the parties to the conflict to commit to political dialogue and resolve the situation or risk an unending manmade crisis.

International, independent probe of alleged violations in Yemen needed – UN deputy rights chief

Mar 24, 2017, at 02:39 pm

New York, Mar 24 (Just Earth News): Describing the situation in Yemen as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises – ‘and one that is entirely man-made’ – the United Nations human rights deputy chief on Thursday urged the national commission of inquiry to fulfill its mandate of investigating all alleged violations of international and Yemeni laws.

Yemen on brink of famine, warns UN food relief agency chief, appealing for resources and access

Mar 14, 2017, at 12:57 pm

New York, Mar 14 (Just Earth News): Unless the international community provides additional resources and authorities in Yemen allow aid workers access to hungry people, families in some of the war-torn country’s most food insecure areas will die, warned the head of the United Nations emergency food programme.

As fresh violence in Yemen sends thousands fleeing their homes, UN agency urges support

Mar 11, 2017, at 01:48 pm

New York, Mar 11 (Just Earth News): With tens of thousands of civilians forced to flee their homes following a spike in fighting across western and central Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency on Friday appealed for more international support, as well as unrestricted access within the country so that it can reach those now facing “abysmal conditions.”

Yemen: UN migration agency reports displacement spike in Taiz Governorate

Mar 04, 2017, at 05:28 am

New York, Mar 3 (Just Earth News): With nearly 274,000 people displaced, Yemen’s Taiz is now among the crisis-torn country’s top five hosting governorates for such populations, a United Nations report has found.

Tackling hunger crises in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen requires $4.4 billion – UN

Feb 23, 2017, at 02:05 pm

New York, Feb 23 (Just Earth News): Sounding the alarm on behalf of more than 20 million people in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and north-east Nigeria facing devastating levels of food insecurity, Secretary-General António Guterres joined other top United Nations officials on Wednesday calling for “strong and urgent” action from the international community to help the already-fragile countries avert catastrophe.

'Time running out' for 1.4 million children in 'man-made' crises in Africa, Yemen – UNICEF

Feb 22, 2017, at 07:46 am

New York, Feb 22 (Just Earth News): Almost 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of death due to severe acute malnutrition this year, as famine threatens in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, warned the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), urging prompt action to save them.

UN chief Guterres engages in 'constructive' discussions on Yemen, Libya with Saudi Foreign Minister

Feb 13, 2017, at 12:47 pm

New York, Feb 13 (Just Earth News): Visiting Saudi Arabia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday that he and the Arab country's foreign minister had “very important and very constructive discussions” on the possible future political solutions for Yemen and Libya.

Yemen: As food crisis worsens, UN agencies call for urgent assistance to avert catastrophe

Feb 11, 2017, at 02:11 pm

New York, Feb 11 (Just Earth News): The number of food insecure people in Yemen has risen by three million in seven months, with an estimated 17.1 million people – more than two-thirds of the entire population of 27.4 million – now struggling to feed themselves, according to a joint assessment by three United Nations agencies

Yemen: UN, partners seek $2.1 billion to stave off famine in 2017

Feb 09, 2017, at 04:11 am

New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations and humanitarian partners on Wednesday launched an international appeal for $2.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in Yemen in 2017 – the largest-ever humanitarian response plan for the war-torn country.

Yemen: UN envoy condemns attack on building used to monitor cessation of hostilities

Jan 31, 2017, at 01:53 pm

New York, Jan 31 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for Yemen strongly condemned on Monday the attack on the De-escalation and Coordination Committee building, which regularly houses UN Staff, in Dhahran Al-Janoub, which is in Saudi Arabia near the Yemeni border.

Yemen: Ongoing humanitarian crisis adding to migrants woes, says UN migration agency

Jan 19, 2017, at 04:43 am

New York, Jan 18 (Just Earth News): Highlighting the plight of migrants from the Horn of Africa arriving in Yemen – which itself has seen more than 2.1 million people internally displaced due to ongoing conflict and the resulting humanitarian crisis – the United Nations migration agency has called for additional support for the vulnerable.

UN envoy in Yemen meeting with President, senior officials to push for greater aid access

Jan 17, 2017, at 01:48 pm

New York, Jan 17 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, is on Monday in Aden, highlighting the need for a truce to allow in humanitarian aid and move along the peace process.

UN agency renews call for protecting children after deadly attacks in Yemeni capital

Jan 12, 2017, at 04:40 am

New York, Jan 11 (Just Earth News): At least one girl has been killed and four others injured in attacks near a school outside the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, leading the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to renew its call on the people involved in the country's conflict to protect children and stop attacks on civilian structures.

Yemen: EU-UN partnership to target ‘alarming’ food insecurity

Jan 10, 2017, at 01:47 pm

New York, Jan 10 (Just Earth News): With 14 million people in Yemen lacking reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food, the European Union (EU) has committed 12 million euros to assist the efforts of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to tackle rising hunger in the strife-torn Gulf of Aden country.

Formation of Houthi government ‘complicates search for peaceful solution’ to Yemen crisis – UN envoy

Nov 30, 2016, at 01:31 pm

New York, Nov 30 (Just Earth News): Describing the recent announcement by Ansar Allah and the General People’s Congress of the creation of a new Government as “a new and unnecessary obstacle” to peace in Yemen, the United Nations envoy for the country on Tuesday urged the parties “to re-think their approach and demonstrate their commitment to the peace process with concrete actions.”

Fleeing violence in Horn of Africa, asylum-seekers find little safety in Yemen – UN refugee agency

Nov 30, 2016, at 01:29 pm

New York, Nov 30 (Just Earth News): Highlighting a dramatic increase in sea crossings by migrants and refugees from the Horn of Africa to Yemen – which itself is reeling under a deteriorating humanitarian crisis, the United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday called for urgent steps to deter and save people from the deadly risks they are taking.

‘Dawn of peace’ could be near if Yemeni actors prioritize national interest – UN envoy tells Security Council

Nov 01, 2016, at 01:40 pm

New York, Nov 1 (Just Earth News): Highlighting that the humanitarian situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate despite the efforts of relief actors, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen called on all parties to recommit themselves to the promises made earlier and to engage fully and constructively with the UN-mediated peace process.

Amid escalating conflict in Yemen, UN-associated migration agency launches 150 million regional appeal

Oct 29, 2016, at 01:57 pm

New York, Oct 29 (Just Earth News): Warning that the situation in Yemen is growing more dire every day, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the lead United Nations-affiliated agency on migration issues, launched on Friday a regional appeal for nearly $150 million to help provide desperately needed assistance to the country’s people trapped amid the escalating conflict.

'An entire generation could be crippled by hunger' in Yemen – UN food relief agency

Oct 26, 2016, at 04:17 am

New York, Oct 25 (Just Earth News): The United Nations food relief agency on Tuesday said it is increasingly concerned about deteriorating food security and growing rates of child malnutrition in war-plagued Yemen, particularly in hard-to-reach areas.

With ceasefire ‘largely holding’ in Yemen, UN refugee agency rushes in aid to embattled Taiz city

Oct 22, 2016, at 12:37 pm

New York, Oct 22 (Just Earth News):The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has welcomed the start of the cessation of hostilities that began at midnight, 19 October, while the UN refugee agency took advantage of the pause in fighting to rush desperately needed aid to the embattled south-central city of Taiz.