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UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has built 4,700 eco-friendly transitional shelters for more than 30,000 displaced Yemenis. They are designed for the harsh conditions in Hajjah governorate in north-west Yemen. UNHCR

Outgoing UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said he did not seek a second term after it became “clear” to him that the permanent five members of the Security Council would not support him over his criticism of those countries. UNIFEED / FILE

The Security Council issued statements expressing “grave concern about the level of food insecurity in South Sudan” and at the recent attacks in Saada, Yemen by Saudi-led coalition forces. UNIFEED

UN agencies said today that an airstrike on a busy market area in Yemen that reportedly killed scores of people including more than 20 children is likely the worst attack on youngsters in the conflict so far, but just the latest in a recent spate of violence targeting civilians. UNTV CH

A top UN official warned that an attack on one of the last functioning hospitals in Yemen in the key port city of Hudaydah has put hundreds of thousands of people at risk and damaged efforts to prevent a third cholera epidemic in the war-torn country. UNTV CH

The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, told the Security Council that efforts are being made to “find a way to avoid a battle for the city and the port of Hudaydah,” but the requirements for such a deal “are not yet met.” UNIFEED

In a statement, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore said “attacks on water infrastructure jeopardize efforts to prevent another outbreak of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea in Yemen.” UNICEF

United Nations World Food Programme warned that over three years of conflict and destruction have pushed Yemen to the brink of famine, resulting in the world’s largest hunger crisis. WFP

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that conditions in Hodeidah had been some of the “direst” in Yemen with highest incidences of suspected cholera cases and diphtheria. UNIFEED

After a four-day visit in Yemen’s cities Aden and Saana, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund Henrietta Fore told journalists in Geneva today that “without peace, we cannot help these children, we cannot help the people in need, and there will be no return of livelihoods.” UNTV CH