Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 16 June 2026

Country: Yemen Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs As delivered Thank you, Mr. President, and I thank the Special Envoy [for the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg] for his efforts to secure a political settlement in Yemen and echo both his wishes and his hopes that the US-Iran ceasefire can bring much needed respite to the region. Congratulations on the detainee release mediation. Mr. President, colleagues, Yemen’s humanitarian crisis is accelerating. Hunger