US, UN Support Humanitarian Pause in Yemen

The United States on Friday joined the United Nations in supporting an unconditional humanitarian pause by all parties to the conflict in Yemen. “The humanitarian situation facing the Yemeni people is critical,” with 50-80 percent of the population in dire need of food of water, Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said in a statement. A humanitarian pause is urgently needed to allow the UN and other international aid organizations...

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