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STORY: UN / YEMEN UPDATE
TRT: 01:44
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 23 APRIL 2025, NEW YORK CITY
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Tilt up, exterior UN headquarters
23 APRIL 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, press room, spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric at the dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We remain deeply concerned over the impact of ongoing air strikes on civilians and the infrastructure they rely on, including health facilities. Since the noon briefing on Monday, more than two dozen air strikes have been reported. In Al Hodeidah city, our humanitarian partners are stepping up emergency support to meet rising needs related to the strikes. We also remain deeply concerned about the ongoing missile and drone attacks conducted by the Houthis against Israel and in the Red Sea and call on the Houthis to cease such attacks immediately.”
4. Wide shot, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We continue to receive updates on the devastating effects of the air attacks in Houthi-controlled territories in recent days. We have verified five child casualties due to an air strike in Sana'a on Sunday. Strikes on 17 April damaged a hospital in Al Baida governorate, where humanitarian partners were running an emergency obstetric and newborn care programme. Damage to solar panels at the hospital mean that it can no longer operate around the clock.”
6. Med shot, journalists
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“We reiterate once again our call for all parties to the conflict to uphold international humanitarian law.
We and our humanitarian partners continue to stay and deliver wherever we can and as funding allows. This year’s Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Yemen is currently just 8 percent funded, with less than $205 million received of the nearly $2.5 billion that are required. The reality is that we cannot do more with less money.”
8. Wide shot, end of presser
United Nations spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, today (23 Apr) expressed concern over the impact of ongoing air strikes in Yemen “on civilians and the infrastructure they rely on, including health facilities.”
Dujarric told reporters in New York that “more than two dozen air strikes” have been reported since Monday.
He also expressed concern about “the ongoing missile and drone attacks conducted by the Houthis against Israel and in the Red Sea and call on the Houthis to cease such attacks immediately,” and reiterated that Security Council resolution 2768 (2025) related to Houthi attacks against merchant and commercial vessels must be fully respected.
The spokesperson told reporters that as a result of the air attacks on Yemen, “five child casualties due to an air strike in Sana'a on Sunday” have been verified.
He said, “strikes on 17 April damaged a hospital in Al Baida governorate, where humanitarian partners were running an emergency obstetric and newborn care programme,” adding that “damage to solar panels at the hospital mean that it can no longer operate around the clock.”
Dujarric noted that Unite Nations humanitarian partners continue to work in Yemen despite funding shortages and said, “the reality is that we cannot do more with less money.”
This year’s Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Yemen is currently just 8 percent funded, with less than $205 million received of the nearly $2.5 billion that are required.
