Press Statement On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, reaffirms the UN and relief agencies’ commitment to the people of Yemen, their lives,...
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UN Yemen Country Results Report 2022
Yemen has been embroiled in an eight-yearlong armed conflict that has resulted in increased economic turmoil, human displacement, infrastructure damage, and widespread suffering. By the end of the...
Statement: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator on the tragic stampede in Sana’a [EN/AR]
OFFICE OF THE RESIDENT COORDINATOR AND HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR YEMEN Sana’a, 20 April 2023 – The following is attributable to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David...
Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen urges conflict parties to heed calls for truce extension [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 4 October 2022 – The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, urged the parties to Yemen’s conflict to build on the gains achieved over the last six months and...
In Yemen, humanitarian workers save lives every day [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 19 August 2022 – Each year, the United Nations and aid agencies mark World Humanitarian Day on 19 August to advocate for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises, and...
Statement by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen David Gressly [EN/AR]
Amman/Sana’a, 25 January 2021– We are alarmed by the escalating spiral of violence in Yemen that continues to harm civilians and is spilling over its borders. January will almost certainly be a...
Statement on the escalation of fighting in Ma’rib, Shabwah and Al Bayda governorates [EN/AR]
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator calls for cessation of hostilities for Al Abdidyah Sana’a, 14 October 2021 – The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, made the...
United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly Remarks to media in Geneva – 11 October 2021
Near verbatim transcript What I would like to speak to you about today is the current situation in Yemen and how we are trying to confront the various problems that we see on the ground. It is a...
Aid partners appeal for US$3.85 billion to avert famine in Yemen [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 17 March 2021 – Yesterday, the Humanitarian Country Team in Yemen released the 2021 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP), appealing for US$3.85 billion to provide humanitarian assistance...
Escalating hostilities in Al Hudaydah Governorate put thousands of civilians at risk [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 28 January 2021 – Concern is increasing for civilians in southern areas of Al Hudaydah Governorate following an uptick in clashes since mid-January, including shelling of residential areas,...
Three civilians killed in Al Hudaydah attack [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 3 January 2021 – Initial reports indicate that three civilians were killed and at least four others were injured when artillery shells fell in the vicinity of a wedding hall in Al Hawak...
Attack on a sports centre in Taizz City kills a man and a child and injures two other children [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 13 December 2020 – Preliminary reports indicate that on 12 December, artillery shelling hit a sports centre on the border of Al Qahira and Salh districts in Taizz City, killing a father and...
Artillery shelling kills six civilians in Al Hudaydah [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 5 December 2020 – Preliminary reports indicate that on 3 December artillery shelling hit Thabet Brothers Industrial Complex in Al Hudaydah City, killing six civilian workers and injuring ten...
Artillery shelling in residential areas of Taizz City kills two children and injures another seven civilians [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 1 December 2020 – Preliminary reports indicate that artillery shelling on residential areas in the east of Taizz City on 30 November killed two children and injured another seven civilians,...
Artillery shelling kills and injures women and children in Al Hudaydah Governorate [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 30 November 2020 – Initial reports indicate that an attack in Al Hudaydah Governorate on 29 November caused 14 civilian casualties, all of them women and children. Five children and three...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, 26 October 2020: Attack on a hospital in Taizz injures two health workers and terrifies patients [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 26 October 2020 – An attack on the Al Amal Hospital for Cancer Treatment in Taizz Governorate on 24 October injured two health care workers and damaged the facility. Patients, most of them...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, 17 October 2020: Scores of civilians killed and injured in Hudaydah and Taizz Governorates in recent fighting [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 17 October 2020 - The number of civilian casualties has increased sharply in Hudaydah and Taizz in recent fighting. In Hudaydah Governorate, at least 4 civilians have been killed and 28...
Lack of funding cripples humanitarian operations in Yemen [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 23 September 2020 – Fifteen of the United Nations’ 41 major humanitarian programmes in hardhit Yemen have already been reduced or shut down and 30 more will be in coming weeks unless...
Women and children killed and injured in Khabb wa ash Sha'af District in Al Jawf Governorate [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 7 August 2020 – Initial field reports indicate that a large number of civilians, including children, were killed and injured during strikes on 6 August in the Haraad area in Khabb wa ash...
At least 11 killed, including women and children, and 6 injured, in second major attack on civilians in three days [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 16 July 2020 – Initial field reports indicate that on 15 July, strikes killed at least 11 civilians, including several children and women, and injured at least another 5 children and a woman...