‘I saw the blood on the tarmac’: top UN official in Yemen ... - UN News
1 day ago · Fresh details of the Israeli airstrike on Sana’a airport, which occurred as Tedros Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) was preparing to fly out of the country, have been provided by Julien Harneis, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen.
UN chief condemns escalation in Yemen as airstrikes hit Sana ... - UN News
3 days ago · The UN Secretary-General on Thursday condemned the deadly escalation between Yemen and Israel, following Israeli airstrikes that reportedly killed at least three people, injured dozens, and struck critical civilian infrastructure, including Sana’a International Airport.
Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport as a jet with hundreds …
1 day ago · The United Nations said the injured crew member was taken to a hospital in Jordan, and Tedros was heading back to Geneva, where WHO is based, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who control Sanaa and much of the country’s north, have gone after Israel since it started attacking Gaza following the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks by Gaza’s Hamas ...
Statement by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director …
3 days ago · Our mission to negotiate the release of the United Nations staff detainees and to assess the health and humanitarian situation in Yemen concluded today. We continue to call for the detainees' immediate release. As we were about to board our flight from Sana’a, about three hours ago (around 5 pm local time), the airport came under aerial bombardment. One of our plane’s crew members was ...
Yemen bears world’s highest cholera burden, deepening ... - UN News
6 days ago · Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated deaths as of 1 December, accounting for 35 per cent of worldwide cholera cases and 18 per cent of related deaths this year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
UN is cutting back on Yemen activities after ... - Associated Press News
Sep 12, 2024 · UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is cutting back its activities in Yemen in response to a crackdown by Houthi rebels on staff working for the U.N. and other humanitarian, human rights, development and education organizations, the …
Yemen's Houthi rebels detain at least 11 UN ... - Associated Press News
Jun 8, 2024 · Eleven Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen’s Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances. That's according to the U.N. A human rights group said people working for aid groups also likely have been detained, with Save the Children and CARE International acknowledging their staff had been taken.
Acting UN relief chief warns Security Council that Yemen crisis ...
Oct 15, 2024 · We are very alarmed by the ongoing attacks from and on Yemen, which has damaged critical infrastructure, including energy and port infrastructure in Hodeidah and Ras Issa. Both ports remain operational and able to receive commercial and humanitarian imports.
Despite Ongoing Challenges, Parties to Yemen Conflict Showing ...
May 17, 2023 · Despite a fragile military situation and dire economic and humanitarian challenges, the truce in Yemen continues to deliver beyond its expiration and parties to the conflict are demonstrating...
Diplomatic engagement still the key to peace in Yemen: UN envoy
Dec 11, 2024 · Peace is possible in Yemen, and continued support from the international community is essential to achieve it, the UN Special Envoy for the country told the Security Council on Wednesday.
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