UN Country Team in Yemen (UNCT Yemen) Updates

In the context of Yemen's humanitarian crisis, a revamped Centrality of Protection strategy and action plan places protection at its core, recognizing it as the linchpin that addresses both needs and...

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...

1. The FSO Safer: a problem and its solution 1.1. The problem The Floating Storage and Offloading Unit (FSO) Safer is moored approximately 4.8 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen. Constructed in...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY UN global reform has elevated the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) to be “the most important instrument for planning and implementing UN...

19 June 2020, Aden and Sana’a, Yemen — Aircraft carrying a total of 43 tons of laboratory supplies, ventilators, test kits, PCR machines and vital PPE to fight COVID-19 have arrived in Yemen, thanks...

22 APRIL 2020 -- A group of multinational companies and the United Nations have joined together to launch the International Initiative on COVID-19 in Yemen (IICY). This new, very special partnership...

The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world. Nearly four years of conflict and severe economic decline are driving the country to the brink of famine and exacerbating needs in all...

NEEDS AND KEY FIGURES The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world. Nearly four years of conflict and severe economic decline are driving the country to the brink of famine and...

The UN family in Yemen deeply mourns the deaths of more than 30 civilians in Al Hudaydah Sana’a, 24 August 2018 - On 22 August, an airstrike struck a house in Ad Durayhimi district, south of Al...

Humanitarian partners aim to reach 13.1 million people in Yemen with lifesaving or protection assistance in 2018. Clusters prioritized populations and geographical areas in acute need where access...

THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN AT A GLANCE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1 Provide life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable people in Yemen through an effective, targeted response STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2...

More than two and a half years since the escalation of the conflict, Yemeni people continue to bear the brunt of ongoing hostilities and severe economic decline. People are increasingly exhausting...

NEEDS & KEY FIGURES About 241,000 displaced people – of which 77 per cent are women and children – remain in camps or camp-like situations in Kachin, Kayin, Shan and Rakhine states. This includes...

NEEDS & KEY FIGURES More than two and a half years since the escalation of the conflict, Yemeni people continue to bear the brunt of ongoing hostilities and severe economic decline. People are...

Original 2017 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan The 2017 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) released in February 2017 sought US$2.1 billion to reach 12 million people with life-saving and...

Sana'a, 4 April 2017 - For over two years, the humanitarian community has been witness to the suffering inflicted upon the people of Yemen by parties to the conflict as they seek to destabilize the...

1. The humanitarian community engaged in humanitarian response in Yemen agrees that the principles outlined in this Protocol reflect humanitarian policies, guidance and well established practices for...

"Without international support, [the people of Yemen] may face the threat of famine in ... 2017 and I urge donors to sustain and increase their support to our collective response,” said Stephen O’Brien, UN Humanitarian Chief.