PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
URGENT HUMANITARIAN AID TO YEMEN (22 February 2016)

That this House welcomes the delivery of three tonnes of medical supplies into Taiz, Yemen, by the International Committee of the Red Cross; notes that this is the first delivery of medical supplies to Taiz since August 2015; further notes that 200,000 people in Taiz are currently in urgent need of medical supplies; commends the International Committee of the Red Cross for its crucial and lifesaving work in Yemen; also welcomes the announcement by the UN of a $1.8 billion campaign for urgent aid in Yemen; is concerned that the 2015 UN appeal was only 56 per cent funded; notes that 21.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen; notes that 2.7 million Yemenis have been forced to flee their homes; and urges the Government to support this campaign and increase efforts to establish a ceasefire and brings the conflict to a close.

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Keith Vaz (Labour)