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Yemen UNHCR Operational Update, 7 December 2018
KEY FIGURES:
22.2 M people in need
2M internally displaced persons (IDP
89% of IDPs displaced for more than one year
1M IDP returnees
1.2M IDPs given in-kind or cash assistance in 2018
322K IDPs assisted as part of the Al…
New US$140 Million Support for Ongoing Emergency Cash Transfers in Yemen
Washington, December 14, 2018 - The World Bank announced a new US$140 million grant to maintain the delivery of emergency cash transfers to 1.5 million poor and most vulnerable Yemeni households, covering a total of 9 million individuals.…
Swift Action Key to Implementing New Accords, Special Envoy for Yemen, Emergency Relief Coordinator…
Security Council
8424th Meeting (AM)
Officials Highlight Demilitarization of Ports, Prisoner Exchange, Airport Re-opening as Vital to Relieving Dire Humanitarian Situation
Reporting on the newly reached agreement to demilitarize…
Yemen: Ceasefire Cannot Come Soon Enough
The UN sponsored peace talks on Yemen have brought a small chink of hope: agreement of a ceasefire in the port city of Hodeida. It’s an important step, the first significant move towards peace in years. But for so many of Yemen’s civilians,…
Yemen – Conflict (DG ECHO, UN, NGOs, ACLED, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 14 December 2018)
On 13 December, the UN reported that the parties reached an agreement on the city of Hodeidah and the ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Issa. An executive mechanism to activate the prisoners’ exchange agreement was also agreed, along…
Islamic Relief UK Responds To Yemen Ceasefire Agreement
Tufail Hussain, Interim Director of Islamic Relief UK said:
“Islamic Relief UK welcomes today’s agreement, which could be a major step forward for the people of Yemen, especially those in Hodeida who are on the very frontline of a…
Yemen: Ceasefire in Hodeidah brings long-awaited glimmer of hope to millions
Responding to news that the warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a ceasefire for the port city of Hodeidah, Lynn Maalouf, Amnesty International’s Middle East Director of Research said:
“Today’s announcement of a ceasefire agreement in…
Yemen peace talks and Hudaydah ceasefire signal hope for country’s children
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
NEW YORK, 13 December 2018 – “Today millions of children across Yemen saw their dreams of peace inch closer to reality with the close of promising negotiations between the warring…
You Have Nation’s Future in Your Hands, Secretary-General Tells Intra-Yemeni Talks, Encouraging…
SG/SM/19405
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the closing of the intra-Yemeni consultations, in Rimbo, Sweden, today:
I would like to thank Foreign Minister Margot Wallström and the Swedish Government for…
Reaction: Yemen Sweden agreement
Oxfam today welcomed the deal reached in Sweden between the warring parties in Yemen.
Muhsin Siddiquey, Oxfam Yemen Country Director, said:
"The agreement gives hope to Yemenis during a dark time. But that hope is fragile while…