by Jordan Dakamseh | Aug 18, 2017 | Middle East
New York, Aden- Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen Jamie McGoldrick has expressed his deep concern over the continuing obstruction to the timely provision of aid to people in need in Yemen. He said that, for months, humanitarian partners have experienced delays by...
by Jordan Dakamseh | Aug 15, 2017 | Middle East
New York, Geneva- Cholera is believed to have affected more than half a million people and killed 1,975 since late April, the World Health Organization said Monday. Suspected cases of the deadly waterborne disease continue to rage across the country, infecting an...
by Jordan Dakamseh | Jun 1, 2017 | Middle East
New York– UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reiterated his call for the need to refer the crisis in Syria to the International Criminal Court, accusing the Syrian regime of hampering the access of civilians to humanitarian aid. In his report on Syria submitted to...
by Jordan Dakamseh | May 31, 2017 | Middle East
New York – The United Nations has warned that Yemen was heading towards “total collapse”, stressing that the Yemeni people were facing a triple threat, represented by war, famine and the cholera outbreak. Speaking during a Security Council briefing on the situation in...
by Jordan Dakamseh | May 17, 2017 | Middle East
New York- UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced that over 11,000 cases of diarrhea have been reported across the country, with more than 250 confirmed cases of cholera. The number of deaths caused by cholera and acute diarrhea reached 186 in the country....
