humanitarian situation

SANAA, Aug. 05 (YPA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, described the humanitarian situation in Gaza, in a strongly worded statement, as “an insult to all of humanity,” noting that the scenes of famine…

GAZA, July 09 (YPA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned of a rapid deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. It pointed out that field reports indicate that tents,…

SANAA, May 14 (YPA) - Doctors Without Borders reported, on Wednesday, that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is deteriorating every day, under a comprehensive blockade imposed by the Israeli authorities for more than two months. The…

NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (YPA) - Members of the UN Security Council have called for an increase in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, warning of the deteriorating conditions in the Strip. A Security Council session was held yesterday evening,…

NEW YORK, July 07 (YPA) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, confirmed on Sunday that the Israeli “genocide” in the Gaza Strip has not stopped. "The…

GAZA, March 16 (YPA) - The Secretary-General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Jagan Chapagain, said on Saturday that "the humanitarian situation in Gaza is beyond catastrophic." According to…

GAZA, Feb. 24 (YPA) - The Civil Defense Directorate in the Gaza Strip warned that the Israeli occupation’s continued prevention of the entry of food and medicine to those besieged in the Gaza and northern governorates threatens the lives…

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (YPA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, “The clear and repeated rejection of the two-state solution at the highest levels of the Israeli government is unacceptable." He called for more…

SANAA, Jan. 21 (YPA) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the caretaker government in Sanaa, Hisham Sharaf, discussed on Sunday with the Acting Resident Representative of the UN World Food Program (WFP) in Sanaa, Irving Prado, the program’s…

SANAA, Oct. 19 (YPA) - Ministries of Human Rights, Social Affairs and Labor and civil society organizations organized on Thursday in Sanaa a press conference on the catastrophic humanitarian situation of Palestinian people in the occupied …