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UN representative urges release of detained aid workers as Yemen crisis deepens
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At a Security Council briefing, Representative Tom Fletcher warned that nearly 19.5 million people in Yemen need humanitarian assistance, described the death of a World Food Programme colleague in detention, and urged protection and funding so UN operations can resume.
Representative Tom Fletcher, speaking at a United Nations Security Council briefing, urged council members to press for the release of detained United Nations and civil-society staff and warned that Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is worsening, saying almost 19,500,000 people need humanitarian support.
Fletcher said the council should act because humanitarian workers are at risk and civilians depend on uninterrupted access to food and services. “We must protect our courageous humanitarian workers wherever they are,” he told the council, and described the recent death of “our much loved World Food Programme colleague in detention by the Houthi de facto authorities.”
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