U.N. top official visits displaced camp in north

HAJJAH, Oct. 09 (Saba) - U.N.
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
John Holmes
paid on Friday a visit to the Mizraq refugee camp, 30 km east of the Haradh city in
Yemen's northern province of Hajjah.

Holmes praised efforts exerted by the government to help the people at the camp who
were displaced by the war between the government forces and the Houthi rebels as
well
as the level of coordination between the authorities and international relief
agencies to provide aid.
Saying that those who have not been reached by relief agencies will receive more
attention in the future, Holmes stressed the importance of providing aid for the
affected,
particularly food, health and shelter services, assuring efforts are underway to
coordinate aid delivery for them.
Holmes arrived in Yemen early Friday for a visit to draw the world's attention to
the humanitarian situation in the country amid persistent confrontations between
the army
and insurgents in Saada and Amran that started in August.
He has called on the international community and donors to provide more aid for the
affected, pointing out that the U.N. Emergency Fund allocated this year more than $
7
million for Yemen to cope with its problems.
He also pointed to a previous urgent appeal to provide $ 23 million in aid for
over 150.000 people affected by Yemen conflict.
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