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Arabia
UN appeals for greater access to Yemen
2009-10-10
[Al Arabiya Latest] U.N. humanitarian chief John "Big Boy" Holmes called on Friday for greater access to Yemen's war displaced and urged donors to hastily respond to an emergency appeal for 23.5 million dollars in aid.
If they would transfer their attention here, and give the Palestinian "refugees" a bit of a miss, I'd be fine with that.
"Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the latest wave of fighting in northern Yemen alone, and the number is growing daily," Holmes said at the start of a three-day visit to Yemen.

"I am here to see the situation for myself and galvanize support for the men, women and children whose lives have been overturned by this conflict," he said.

The U.N. says some 150,000 people have been displaced in northern Yemen in the past five years, including 55,000 since August 11 when armed hostilities resumed between Shiite rebels and the military.

Holmes, who visited Haradh in the northwestern province of Hajjah on Friday to inspect one of five camps sheltering displaced, said "agencies are working hard to provide assistance where they can."

But, he added, "they need better access and the support of the international community if they are going to overcome the challenges that they face on the ground."

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