Yemen

A family displaced by conflict in northern Yemen eats lunch in Al Mazraq, Hajjah.
OCHA

UN strongly condemns deadly Yemen bomb attacks

17 December 2014
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council have strongly condemned the bomb attacks in Radaa in Yemen’s Al Bayda province yesterday, which killed more than 25 people, including at least 15 schoolchildren.
A wide view of the Security Council meeting on the situation in Darfur.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Yemen: Security Council condemns deadly bombing at Iranian Ambassador’s residence

4 December 2014
The United Nations Security Council has condemned yesterday’s bomb attack at the residence of the Iranian Ambassador to Yemen which killed several people.
Two displaced girls stand in front of the classroom where their family has been living in Aden, Yemen (September 2012).
UNHCR/P. Rubio Larrauri

Yemen: UN voices deep concern over ongoing human rights violations, abuses

18 November 2014
Voicing great concern over serious human rights abuses that have occurred in Yemen in recent months, the United Nations human rights office today issued a strong call on parties of all sides to renounce violence and ensure immediate access to humanitarian assistance in conflict zones.
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
UN Photo/Mark Garten (file)

Yemen: UN welcomes new government aimed at bringing peace to country

8 November 2014
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the formation of a new Peace and National Partnership Government in Yemen aimed at ending a period of political turbulence and bringing about a full transition towards democracy in the country.

Those who arrive in Yemen by sea are taken to reception centres, like this one at Bab-el-Mandeb, where they are registered. UNHCR photo

More asylum-seekers died trying to reach Yemen in 2014, than 3 past years combined – UN

17 October 2014
More migrants and asylum-seekers are dying in attempts to get to Yemen, mainly from the Horn of Africa, this year than in the last three years combined, the UN refugee agency reported today.
A wide view of the Security Council.
UN Photo/Kim Haughton (file)

Security Council condemns deadly attacks in Yemen, urges progress on political transition

10 October 2014
The United Nations Security Council today condemned in the strongest terms yesterday’s bomb attack in Sana’a, Yemen which killed at least 47 seven people, including children.
A demonstration in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a.
IRIN/Adel Yahya (file)

Yemen: Ban condemns ‘heinous’ suicide attacks, urges peace pact implementation

9 October 2014
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that took place in two separate incidents in Yemen, resulting in the death of more than 60 people, including children, and injuring many dozens.
Children in Al-Mazrak IDP camp in Haradh, northern Yemen.
OCHA

Commending Yemenis on peace pact, Ban urges partners to step up support

24 September 2014
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended the Yemeni parties for reaching a peace pact, and called on the country’s partners to scale up support to ensure a successful democratic transition.
A wide view of the Security Council in session (file photo).
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Yemen: UN Security Council hails new peace accord, warns against violent disruptions

23 September 2014
Welcoming a recent peace pact signed between the Yemeni Government and its opponents, the United Nations Security Council today called for its full and immediate implementation, an immediate end to all attacks and threats, and the rapid formation of a new government.
Destruction in Dammaj, northern Yemen.
IRIN/Mike Healy

Yemen: Ban welcomes signing of UN-brokered agreement as step towards peace, stability

22 September 2014
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for the implementation “in full, without delay” of a newly-agreed peace deal in Yemen which strives to end violence that has killed and displaced hundreds of people in recent weeks.