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Houthis

6 African Peacekeepers Killed; UN Chief Pursues a Second Term; US Sanctions Houthis in Yemen

Ivana Ramirez
• January 15, 2021

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres pursues a second term; a total of six peacekeepers were killed in Mali and the Central African Republic; Britain helps raise $1 billion for the UN’s Covax vaccine program. You are reading This Week @UN, …

Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Human Rights, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations

GEOPOLITICS

Is the New UN Envoy for Yemen Destined for Failure?

Chris Gelardi
• March 5, 2018

Martin Griffiths, the new United Nations special envoy for Yemen and a British international mediator, will begin work this month on a war that is called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Griffiths is highly praised in the arena of private …

Categories: Geopolitics, Middle East, UN Special Envoys

The UN’s Demands to Stop the Violence in Yemen Fall on Deaf Ears

Tom Woodcock
• October 26, 2015

While the regional coalition led by Saudi Arabia continues its aerial bombardment against the Houthi rebels in Yemen, and as ground troops — from Bahrain, Sudan and United Arab Emirates — join the Saudis in the fray, the pain dealt …

Categories: Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Middle East, Secretary-General, Security Council

Saudis Say They Will Send Aid to Civilians Suffering in Yemen Soon

Dulcie Leimbach
• August 24, 2015

Four months after Saudi Arabia pledged to donate $274 million to the United Nations to fully cover an emergency humanitarian appeal for Yemeni civilians desperately hungry for food, medicine and water, the money has not materialized, the UN has said. …