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Statement by Mohamed Abdi, Yemen country director for the Norwegian Refugee Council, as political consultations on Yemen commence in Stockholm
“As humanitarian staff delivering food, water and medicine to millions of people who would die…
Statement on Yemen by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee 3 December 2018
We have met in Geneva today, for our regular twice-yearly discussion of the major humanitarian challenges facing the world. Yemen was first and foremost in our talks. We are alarmed at the dramatic deterioration in the situation over recent…
Joint statement by Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency…
“The recent de-escalation in fighting in Hudaydah is providing a desperately needed respite to hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain in the city. We urge all parties to maintain it.
“At the same time, we remain deeply concerned…
UNICEF Executive Director: Growing calls for ceasefire in Yemen a welcome sign, but country’s…
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
NEW YORK, 16 November 2018 – “The increasing number of appeals for a ceasefire in Yemen and resumption of political talks, offer a glimmer of hope to Yemeni children that peace might…
Yemen: Before we talk about peace, we must talk about war
A statement from Fabrizio Carboni, the regional director for the Near and Middle East for the International Committee of the Red Cross, on the situation in Yemen.
Geneva (ICRC) - A political solution for Yemen is urgently…
Concerned for civilians in Yemen, UNHCR echoes calls for continued restraint
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
UNHCR, the UN refugee Agency, echoes the calls, made by the…
Statement on Yemen by Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean
Cairo, 8 November 2018 – The current violence in Al Hudaydah is placing tens of thousands of already vulnerable people at risk, and preventing WHO from reaching them with the help they urgently need. The violence, now in close proximity to…
35 Organizations Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Yemen
Action Against Hunger joins 34 other organizations to issue the following statement ahead of the International Parliamentary Conference for Peace in Yemen:
As humanitarian, human rights, and peacebuilding organizations working in Yemen,…
NGO statement in support of the International Parliamentary Conference for Peace in Yemen
Paris, 7 November 2018 - As humanitarian, human rights and peacebuilding organizations working on Yemen, we welcome tomorrow's unprecedented coming together of legislators from across nations and parties for the first…
Yemen: Children in Hudaydah hospital at imminent risk of death
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
NEW YORK- 6 November 2018 - “Intense fighting in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah is now dangerously close to Al Thawra hospital - putting the lives of 59 children, including 25 in…