No early respite
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The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project said the war had killed some 130,000 people, including at least 13,000 civilians slain in targeted attacks. Millions had been pushed towards starvation and tens of thousands of children had died both of starvation and disease.
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Final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen (S/2021/79) [EN/AR]
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Summary
The situation in Yemen has continued to deteriorate, with devastating consequences for the civilian population. Three main factors are contributing to the catastrophe: (a) economic profiteering by all Yemeni parties, affecting human security; (b) continuous and widespread human rights and international humanitarian law violations, with impunity; and (c) escalations in fighting and its impact on civilians, including displacement.
The Government of Yemen lost strategic territory to both the Houthis and the Southern Transitional Council, both of which undermine the objectives of Security Council resolution 2216 (2015). Therefore, the Houthis are not the only force to which paragraph 1 of the resolution applies.