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Humanitarian Bulletin Yemen Issue 28 | 29 October 2017
HIGHLIGHTS
• 11.3 million children across Yemen now need humanitarian assistance, and 55 per cent of IDPs are children.
• OHCHR verified civilian casualties have reached 13,920, including 5,159 people killed and 8,761 injured…
Statement by Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on the…
Statement by Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on the humanitarian situation in Yemen
Published on 11 Nov 2017
On 6 November the Saudi led military coalition closed air, sea and land…
WHO warns that more people will die if ports in Yemen do not reopen to humanitarian aid
Statement
9 NOVEMBER 2017 | GENEVA - For the fourth consecutive day, WHO’s operations in Yemen have been severely hampered due to the closure of all land, sea and air ports.
“WHO and the other humanitarian agencies need…
Yemen Faces Largest Famine in Decades Because of Saudi Blockade 8/11/2017
The U.N. warns that famine in Yemen will be the largest in decades if the Saudi-led coalition doesn’t lift its blockade of the country’s ports:
United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock warned on Wednesday that if a Saudi-led military…
Starving Yemen to Death 7/11/2017
The Saudi-led blockade of Yemen has been starving the population of essential goods for years, but the complete shutdown of all ports threatens to cause massive loss of life if it is not reversed immediately:
The head of the U.N. World…
There Should Always Be ‘Daylight’ Between the U.S. and Our Clients 7/11/2017
U.S. foreign policy under the Trump administration has often seemed erratic or confused, but Trump has consistently eliminated any public differences with a handful of client states in a bid to have “no daylight” with them. In some cases,…
The Absurd, Failed War on Yemen 6/11/2017
In addition to the cruelty of the Saudi-led coalition’s collective punishment of Yemen, we also have more evidence of the absurdity of the coalition war effort:
Saudi Arabia has barred Yemen’s president, along with his sons, ministers and…
Trump’s Shameless Embrace of the Saudis 6/11/2017
Trump’s embrace of the Saudis has been one of the greatest blunders of his presidency to date, and today he has reaffirmed that he has profoundly bad judgment when it comes to this relationship. There is no reason to have confidence in…
STATEMENT BY THE HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR YEMEN, JAMIE McGOLDRICK, ON CONTINUED VIOLENCE…
Sana’a, 5 November 2017 – I am horrified at the continued violence perpetrated by all parties to the conflict in Yemen which again, this week, claimed the lives of innocent civilians, including thirteen children.
On 1 November, 31 people,…
There Are Now 895,000 Cases of Cholera in Yemen 4/11/2017
Yemen’s cholera epidemic has now spread to more than 890,000 cases:
Already struggling to cope with a dire humanitarian crisis, war-torn Yemen is now facing the fastest-growing cholera epidemic ever recorded, with some 895,000 suspected…