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<p>Tackling emergency healthcare needs in Yemen is absolutely critical. According
to the United Nations, more than 14 million people lack access to basic healthcare
in Yemen in 2016 and 2.1 million women and children are malnourished, of which an
estimated 320,000 are severely malnourished children. We are currently focussed on
helping to meet those needs and have no plans for a resolution at this stage. Since
January 2015, UK assistance has helped provide healthcare to more than 120,000 Yemenis
and improved sanitation for over 650,000 people.</p><p>In Syria, it is unacceptable
that parties to the conflict continue to carry out flagrant human rights violations,
indiscriminate attacks against densely populated areas and targeting of civilian infrastructure.
We are particularly concerned by continued attacks against health facilities and personnel,
with only 40 percent of public hospitals reported as functioning.</p><p>The UK has
consistently supported the need for accurate reporting and accountability for the
atrocities that have been committed in Syria. The UN Secretary General and UN Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, already
provides monthly reports to the UN Security Council on violations of human rights
and international humanitarian law inside Syria. These updates include detailed reports
on attacks on medical facilities.</p>
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