UNDP calls for humanitarian aid for Yemen displaced

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (Saba) - The
top United Nations development official has called on the international community to
provide
urgently needed resources to respond to the humanitarian needs stemming from the
conflict in northern Yemen.
Helen Clark, Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), also welcomed
the ceasefire in the conflict between Government troops and the Houthi rebels in
the northern
region of the country.
‘’UNDP will work with all parties in support of recovery and development of the
region affected by the conflict’’, Clark said in a statement.
The UN official expressed her concern about the humanitarian situation in the
war-affected region in northern Yemen, especially for some 250,000 persons
displaced by the
conflict.
‘’We hope that the international community would react positively to the cease-fire
by providing urgently needed resources in response to the humanitarian needs caused
by
the conflict ‘’, the UNDP Administrator, who is also the Chair of the United Nations
Development Group (UNDG).
The humanitarian community in Yemen, including the United Nations, issued a
Humanitarian Response Appeal for 2010 for support to life-saving humanitarian
assistance and
early recovery efforts in aid of the affected civilian population.
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