The Report highlights activities of UN system agencies in support of national development strategies and priorities. The Report also documents initiatives and results of the UN system in Yemen towards achieving greater coordination, harmonization and alignment.

A major shift in the political landscape: First the city of Amran, and then the capital Sana’a witnessed a military take-over by the Al Houthis (also known as Ansar Allah), a tribal configuration from the North whose military campaign was fueled by popular criticism of government performance. 

Continued economic fragility: Yemen continues to be one of the most food insecure countries globally with nearly half of the population affected, and equally lacking access to clean water and other basic services. The Yemeni economy in 2014 was caught in a jobless slow growth cycle leading to stagnant per capita incomes and rising levels of unemployment, particularly among the youth. 

Constraints to Staff Mobility: In early 2014 a Security Threat Information (STI) warning was received from a Member State indicating specific threats to UN Staff. As a result, some UN international Staff were relocated for a short period in Sana’a as well as in Aden. Later in mid-September, during the period of the Ansar Allah’s movement into Sana’a, several UN Staff were required to be relocated for short periods because the security environment in specific pockets of the city had deteriorated.