UN official warns against escalation amid attacks in Yemen ... - UN News
5 hours ago · A senior UN official appealed on Monday for an end to the hostilities between Israel and Houthi rebels in Yemen which have taken “an escalatory turn” in recent weeks. ... Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, condemned the latest Houthi attacks on Israel and underlined American support for Israel's right to self-defence ...
UN chief condemns escalation in Yemen as airstrikes hit Sana ... - UN News
4 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.
‘I saw the blood on the tarmac’: top UN official in Yemen ... - UN News
3 days 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.
Statement by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director …
4 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 ...
United Nations Officials Urge Unified Action to End Yemen …
Dec 11, 2024 · Despite escalating tensions in the region and continued fighting in Yemen, a political solution for peace in the country is still possible but requires the Security Council’s unity and decisive...
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.
WHO chief recounts narrow escape at Yemen airport hit by Israeli …
1 day ago · The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he and his United Nations colleagues "escaped death narrowly" at Yemen's main airport when Israeli airstrikes targeted ...
UN envoy warns of ‘dangerous’ escalation cycle in war-wracked Yemen
Feb 14, 2024 · The United Nations special envoy for Yemen has called for immediate action to end the “dangerous escalatory cycle” in the war-wracked country, as Houthi rebels continue their attacks in the...
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