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Yemen – Conflict (DG ECHO, UN, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 May 2019)
12 May 2019 - The Ministry of Public Health and Population of Yemen reported 18,171 suspected cases of cholera with 13 associated deaths during epidemiological week 18 (29 April – 5 May) of 2019. Fifteen percent of cases were severe. The…
Yemeni parties meet in Amman on economic provisions of the Hudayda Agreement
The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen will meet the Yemeni parties in Amman on Tuesday 14 May, to discuss implementation of the economic provisions of the Hudayda Agreement reached in Sweden in December 2018.…
Yemen: Epidemics – Cholera (DG ECHO, UN, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 May 2019)
Since the beginning of 2019, there have been 278,584 suspected cholera cases (2,915 of those confirmed) with 561 associated deaths; children under five represent 22.7% of total suspected cases during 2019. The outbreak has affected 22…
UN monitoring team in Yemen verifies pullout of armed forces from crucial port zones
The UN team set up to monitor the ceasefire agreement between warring parties in Yemen has formally verified the pullout of armed Ansar Allah, or Houthi forces, from port zones in the country that are crucial to the flow of humanitarian…
NRC statement on today’s UN Security Council meeting and Yemen talks
NRC statement on today's UN Security Council meeting and Yemen talks by country director Mohamed Abdi
"As the UN Security Council meets today to discuss the situation in Yemen, governments funding and supporting this war must maintain…
UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore addresses the UN Security Council on Yemen in New York, 15…
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Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director
UN Security Council: Yemen
New York, NY
May 15, 2019
Thank you, Mr. President.
Last month, a group of schoolchildren in Sana’a were doing what children around the world do every…
Two years since largest outbreak of cholera in Yemen, women and children suffering
It is two years since Yemen witnessed the world’s largest outbreak of cholera, which saw over a million suspected cases and 3000 associated deaths. Now, after more than four years of conflict, Yemen is experiencing a renewed outbreak of…
UNDP is ready to help upgrade facilities at newly demilitarized Hodeidah port
Sana’a – As military and security forces leave Hodeidah, Ras al-Isa and Salif ports, the United Nations Development Programme is ready to help improve the efficiency and productivity of the ports.
“Hodeidah port is the lifeline for the…
Yemen: Positive step for the people as withdrawal from Hodeidah promised
Promised withdrawal from Hodeidah port a positive step for the people of Yemen and the prospects for peace;
More than 24 million people remain in need of humanitarian aid in the country;
Violence continues on the frontlines…
UN monitoring chief welcomes Houthi offer to unilaterally withdraw from key Yemeni port of Hudaydah
As Yemenis continue to finalize redeployment procedures in line with the UN-brokered Hudaydah Agreement, under which Government coalition and rebel leaders are to pull forces out of the key port city of Hudaydah, the Chair of the…