Oct 10, 2016, at 06:38 am
New York, Oct 10 (Just Earth News): Senior United Nations officials, including Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, have condemned an attack in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, that killed more than 140 people and injured at least five hundred more. They also called for swift and impartial investigations into the incident.
Top UN relief official meets with key Saudi officials to discuss situation in Yemen
Oct 06, 2016, at 02:09 pm
New York, Oct 6 (Just Earth News): Visiting Saudi Arabia, the United Nations humanitarian chief on Wednesday met with key officials from defense and foreign ministries there to discuss the situation in the neighbouring war-torn country of Yemen.
‘The best humanitarian relief is to end the conflict,’ UN aid chief says in war-torn Yemen
Oct 05, 2016, at 02:06 pm
New York, Oct 5 (Just Earth News): Concluding a three-day mission to Yemen, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator on Tuesday called on all warring parties to grant humanitarian access and uphold their responsibilities to protect civilians in a conflict that has injured and killed thousands of innocent civilians, and displaced some three million people.
Yemen: UN says shelling in Taiz leaves dozens of civilian casualties
Oct 05, 2016, at 02:04 pm
New York, Oct 5 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) is reporting that casualties continue to mount in war-torn Yemen, including after an incident yesterday evening in the central city of Taiz, where artillery fire on a busy street next to a market in Bir Basha, Al Mudhaffar district, left six children dead, six wounded and more than a dozen other casualties.
UNICEF completes mobile health campaign aimed at children and women in Yemen
Oct 01, 2016, at 01:37 pm
New York, Oct 1(Just Earth News): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported that, along with its partners, the agency has completed a drive reaching more than 600,000 children under five years old and some 180,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in conflict-torn Yemen with critical health and nutrition services.
With international support, a ‘new Yemen’ will emerge from catastrophic war, President tells UN
Sep 24, 2016, at 02:11 pm
New York, Sept 24 (Just Earth News): Thanking the United Nations Secretary-General and Special Envoy for all the efforts they have undertaken to ensure the peace process in Yemen and “break out of the suffocating crisis†that is plaguing his country, President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour told the General Assembly on Friday that with international support, a “new Yemen†will emerge from the ruins of war.
Security Council urges warring parties in Yemen to resume talks with UN envoy
Sep 09, 2016, at 02:11 pm
New York, Sept 9 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Thursday urged the parties to the conflict in Yemen to immediately resume talks with the UN envoy for that country and discuss his proposal for a comprehensive agreement covering both security and political issues.
Saudi Arabia: Ban, Deputy Crown Prince discuss Palestine refugees, Yemen and climate pact
Sep 06, 2016, at 01:47 pm
New York, Sept 6 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday met with Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince, who is also Second Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, discussing the country's financial support for the UN Palestine refugees agency, the conflict in Yemen, protection of children, as well as the Paris Agreement on climate change.
UN envoy tells Security Council that military escalation in Yemen aiding spread of terrorist groups
Sep 01, 2016, at 02:06 pm
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for Yemen told the Security Council on Wednesday that the military escalation in Yemen will provide opportunities for the spread of terrorist groups, as Al Qaida and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continue to wreak havoc in many parts of Yemen.
More than three million displaced in Yemen – joint UN agency report
Aug 23, 2016, at 04:54 am
New York, Aug 22 (Just Earth News): A joint report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has found that the conflict in Yemen has resulted in the displacement of some 3,154,572 people, of which 2,205,102 remain displaced across the country and some 949,470 have attempted to return home.
More than half of Yemen’s population now food insecure – UN
Jun 22, 2016, at 04:34 am
New York, June 21 (Just Earth News):Vast swathes of war-torn Yemen,19 out of 22 governorates are facing severe food insecurity, and the situation within affected areas is likely to deteriorate if conflict persists, according to a new assessment by the United Nations and partners.
Rocket and mortar attacks in Yemen’s Taiz condemned by UN rights office
Jun 11, 2016, at 02:04 pm
New York, June 11 (Just Earth News):The United Nations human rights office on Friday strongly condemned a series of rocket and mortar attacks against several residential areas and markets in Taiz, Yemen, since last Friday, which killed 18 civilians including seven children, and injured 68 others.
Desert Locust outbreak in Yemen leaves surrounding countries potentially at risk
Apr 13, 2016, at 01:38 pm
New York, Apr 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The presence of recently discovered Desert Locust infestations in Yemen, where conflict is severely hampering control operations, poses a potential threat to crops in the region, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Tuesday.
Yemen: year of conflict puts 3.4 million women of reproductive age at risk, UN reports
Apr 01, 2016, at 01:03 pm
New York, Apr 1 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A year of conflict in Yemen has left an estimated 3.4 million women of reproductive age between 15 and 49 years in need of humanitarian assistance, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has reported, expressing growing concern about the situation.
UN health agency calls for funding, access to Yemenis as conflict rages for second year
Mar 29, 2016, at 01:00 pm
New York, Mar 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As the conflict in Yemen this week enters its second year, the United Nations health agency is calling for additional funding and access to the more than 80 per cent of the population in urgent need of humanitarian aid.
UN agency launches food voucher scheme for families in Yemen
Mar 17, 2016, at 01:56 pm
New York, Mar 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations food relief agency has begun distributing vouchers to assist nearly 120,000 people living in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, with plans to reach one million people across the country by the end of 2016.
Feb 19, 2016, at 03:10 pm
New York, Feb 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Seriously concerned at the ongoing conflict in Yemen and the dire humanitarian conflict it has produced, the United Nations Security Council on Friday urged all parties to the conflict in Yemen to take urgent steps towards resuming a ceasefire.
In breakthrough, UN agency delivers supplies to besieged districts inside Yemen's Taiz city
Jan 26, 2016, at 02:41 pm
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has managed to send food supplies inside areas under siege in the central Yemeni city of Taiz where residents have been suffering in dire conditions with very little food.
Ban welcomes release of two Saudi citizens held in Yemen
Jan 16, 2016, at 03:45 pm
New York, Jan 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the release of two citizens of Saudi Arabia who had been held in Yemen since March 2015, greatly relieved that they were released in apparent good health.â€
Ban condemns attack on Yemeni hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières
Jan 12, 2016, at 01:41 pm
New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned Sunday’s attack on a hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Sa’ada province, Yemen, which killed at least four people and injured many others.
Ban concerned about intensification of airstrikes and ground fighting in Yemen
Jan 09, 2016, at 02:28 pm
New York, Jan 9 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday said he is "deeply concerned" about the intensification of Saudi-led coalition airstrikes and ground fighting and shelling in Yemen, despite repeated calls for a renewed cessation of hostilities.
UN delivers medicine for 1.2 million people in war-ravaged central Yemen
Dec 29, 2015, at 02:38 pm
New York, Dec 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations health agency has delivered more than 100 tonnes of medicines and supplies for 1.2 million people in strife-torn Yemen's central Taiz governorate, where over 3 million people, almost 400,000 of them internally displaced, are in dire need of humanitarian aid.
Amid dire humanitarian situation, some 2.5 million now internally displaced in Yemen - UN
Dec 22, 2015, at 03:27 pm
New York, Dec 22 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The situation in Yemen has substantially deteriorated since the conflict broke out in early 2015, with a nine per cent increase in the internally displaced persons (IDPs), which have reached 2.5 million, according to a recent United Nations-backed report on the issue.
Car bombing kills Governor of Yemen's Aden city, ISIS claims responsibility
Dec 07, 2015, at 12:52 am
Aden, Dec 6 (IBNS) Governor of Yemen's port city of Aden has been killed in a car bomb attack on Sunday, media reports said.
UN: More than 21 million people in Yemen need basic humanitarian aid
Nov 25, 2015, at 03:52 pm
New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Some 21.2 million people in Yemen – or 82 per cent of the population – require some kind of assistance to meet their basic needs, according to a recently-published overview of the country’s humanitarian needs for the next year carried out by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Central Yemeni city of Taiz under virtual siege, 200,000 need water, food: UN chief
Nov 25, 2015, at 03:42 pm
New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The situation in the central Yemeni city of Taiz has worsened amid intensified fighting since September, with 200,000 civilians living under virtual siege, in dire need drinking water, food, medical treatment, and other life-saving aid, the top United Nations relief official said on Tuesday.
UN official warns health and education systems in war-torn Yemen near collapse
Nov 20, 2015, at 03:47 pm
New York, Nov 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Warning that "humanitarian agencies cannot be a substitute for [Yemen’s] basic services," a senior United Nations relief official wrapped up a three-day visit to the country stressing that its health and education systems in the country are on the brink of collapse and stressed that "peace is the only solution to prevent a humanitarian disaster."
Powerful cyclone Chapala headed towards war-torn Yemen, warns UN
Nov 03, 2015, at 01:39 pm
New York, Nov 3 (IBNS): A strong and rare tropical cyclone, named Chapala, is heading towards the southern coasts of Oman and Yemen and is expected to make landfall on the eastern provinces of Hadramout and Shabwa in war-torn Yemen early Tuesday, the United Nations warned on Monday.
Yemen: UN rights office says civilians paying 'terrible toll'
Oct 24, 2015, at 02:46 pm
New York, Oct 24 (IBNS): The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that the humanitarian situation in Yemen's highland Taiz governorate is deteriorating rapidly in the wake of a recent attack by members of the Popular Committees affiliated with the Houthis which targeted residential areas and left 15 civilians dead, injured 73 others and left homes, shops, a clinic and a school partially destroyed.
More than half a million children now risk malnutrition in Yemen: UNICEF
Oct 17, 2015, at 02:16 pm
New York, Oct 17 (IBNS): Yemen's spiralling crisis has caused "alarming malnutrition levels" among children because of the limited availability of and lack of access to food due to blocked or damaged delivery routes and restrictions on food and fuel imports caused by the conflict, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.