New York, Oct 29 (Just Earth News): At the end of a five-day mission to conflict-torn Yemen, the United Nations humanitarian chief on Saturday stressed the need for more funding and better humanitarian access to help the population in need.
Yemen: UNICEF warns conflict shutters one in 10 schools; teachers unpaid for a year
New York, Oct 19(Just Earth News): The conflict in Yemen – now into its third year – continues to take a toll on millions of children, with their education now under threat, adding to an already long list of bitter hardships including malnutrition, displacement and violence, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned.
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Concerned at ongoing rights violations in Yemen, UN advisers back call for international probe
New York, Sept 21(Just Earth News): As civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict in Yemen, two United Nations Special Advisers have voiced their concern over continued allegations of grave human rights abuses and expressed support for the call by the High Commissioner for Human Rights to establish an international investigation.
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Yemen: UN report urges probe into rights violations amid 'entirely man-made catastrophe'
New York, Sept 5(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief has called for an independent, international investigation into the allegations of serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in Yemen, in a new report published on Tuesday.
Yemen's 'man-made catastrophe' is ravaging country, senior UN officials tell Security Council
New York, Aug 18(Just Earth News): Warning about escalating suffering in Yemen's man-made catastrophe, senior United Nations officials on Friday addressed the Security Council, calling on the international community to push for a political solution to the more than two-year-old conflict.
Yemen's cholera epidemic surpasses half-million suspected cases, UN agency says
New York, Aug 13(Just Earth News): More than 500,000 people in Yemen are suspected of having cholera, the United Nations health agency on Monday said, warning that the disease is spreading quickly due to a lack of clean water or health access.
Yemen: Senior UN relief official voices concern at reports of airstrikes on civilians
New York, Aug 8(Just Earth News): Expressing a deep concern about reports of airstrikes on civilians in Yemen's Sa'ada Governorate, a senior United Nations relief official has urged all parties to the conflict and those who influence and support them to uphold their responsibility under international humanitarian law to protect civilians.
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New York, July 4(Just Earth News): Access, funding and security are urgently needed to ensure humanitarians can reach hundreds of thousands of children suffering from cholera and diarrhoea across Yemen, South Sudan, Somalia and Sudan, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said.
Yemen hit by world's worst cholera outbreak as cases reach 200,000 – UN
New York, June 25(Just Earth News): Yemen is now facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world, with suspected cases exceeding 200,000 and the number increasing at an average of 5,000 a day, the United Nations warned on Saturday.
New York, June 22(Just Earth News): Civilians in Yemen continue to be killed and injured during Ramadan, despite calls for the conflict parties to respect their obligations under international law, the senior United Nations aid official in the country warned on Wednesday.
Yemen's children 'have suffered enough;' UNICEF official warns of cholera rise, malnutrition
New York, June 9(Just Earth News): The situation facing children in Yemen is “extremely dire,†a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official warned on Thursday, citing a dramatic increase in cases of malnutrition and a massive outbreak of cholera across the war-torn country.
Yemen: UN envoy raises concern over attack on his convoy during visit to Sana’a
New York, May 25(Just Earth News): The United Nations envoy for conflict-torn Yemen on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the attack on his convoy while traveling from the airport to the UN compound on Monday.
Race against time to save millions of lives in Yemen: UNICEF
Amman, Apr 25 (Just Earth News): The continuing violence in Yemen is fuelling one of the worst hunger crises in the world, with nearly 7 million people not knowing where their next meal will come from and in desperate need of food assistance.
Yemen: UN envoy urges Security Council to put pressure on warring parties to discuss his proposal
New York, Mar 30 (Just Earth News): United Nations envoy for Yemen has urged the members of the Security Council to put pressure on the warring parties in that country to engage constructively in discussing the peace process framework he had presented.
Yemen ‘one of worst hunger crises in the world,’ UN-supported study finds
New York, Mar 15 (Just Earth News): An estimated 17 million people in Yemen are hungry, according to analysis released on Wednesday by the United Nations and humanitarian partners, up more than 20 per cent in the past nine months.