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UN suspends its humanitarian work in Yemen's Saada after more staff abductions

The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian operations in Saada, Yemen, following the detention of eight UN staffers. The suspension highlights the security challenges hindering efforts in one of the world's most dire humanitarian crises.
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New York [US], February 11 (ANI/WAM): The United Nations said Monday it has suspended its humanitarian operations in Saada, Yemen, after the detention of eight more UN staffers, affecting the response to one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters.

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In a statement, the UN said the "extraordinary" decision to pause all operations and programmes in northern Saada province was due to lack of "necessary security conditions and guarantees."

The UN statement said the pause in operations is meant to give the Houthis and the world body time to "arrange the release of arbitrarily detained UN personnel and ensure that the necessary conditions are in place to deliver critical humanitarian support.

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It said the latest detained UN staffers included six working in Saada, on Yemen's northern border with Saudi Arabia, impacting the UN's ability to operate. (ANI/WAM)

(The story has come from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Tribune Staff.)

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