Article first published on UNA-UK website 2 March 2021. On 1 March 2021 the UK announced it would be donating £87 million in aid to Yemen, less than half the funding donated in 2020-2021. This alarming announcement comes after warnings that Yemen … Continue reading →
In its November 2020 Spending Review, the UK Government announced it would reduce Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 0.7 per cent to 0.5 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI). At the UN Pledging event for the Humanitarian situation in … Continue reading →
The following article was first published on UNA-UK website. The UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator, the head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Mark Lowcock, has announced his intention to stand down from the role as soon … Continue reading →
Statement issued by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres 20 November 2020. Yemen is now in imminent danger of the worst famine the world has seen for decades. In the absence of immediate action, millions of lives may be lost. This arises from … Continue reading →
After ten months of discussions since his appointment by the UN Secretary-General as his Special Envoy for Yemen in February 2018 [1], Martin Griffiths achieved a ceasefire agreement following a week of consultations in Sweden during December. “After two and … Continue reading →
The UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, writes: More than three years since the escalation of the armed conflict, civilians continue to suffer horribly in Yemen. More than 22 million people — or three quarters of the … Continue reading →
Today, 26 March 2018, marks the third anniversary of the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. Three years of conflict has brought Yemen to its knees. Over a million have contracted cholera and eight times that number are on the brink of … Continue reading →
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is appealing for contributions towards the Yemen Humanitarian Fund to help humanitarian NGOs and UN agencies in Yemen to assist the most vulnerable communities and people and to provide them … Continue reading →