Yemeni displaced women hold two-month-old twins, Abdullah and hsi sister Noor, at the family's tent in the Marzaq internally displaced people's camp in Haradh, in the northwestern province of Hajjah, on October 9, 2009. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes called for greater access to Yemen's war displaced and urged donors to hastily respond to an emergency appeal for 23.5 million dollars in aid. The UN says some 150,000 people have been displaced in northern Yemen in the past five years, including 55,000 since August 11 when armed hostilities resumed between Shiite rebels and the military. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Yemeni displaced women hold two-month-old twins, Abdullah and hsi sister Noor, at the family's tent in the Marzaq internally displaced people's camp in Haradh, in the northwestern province of Hajjah, on October 9, 2009. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes called for greater access to Yemen's war displaced and urged donors to hastily respond to an emergency appeal for 23.5 million dollars in aid. The UN says some 150,000 people have been displaced in northern Yemen in the past five years, including 55,000 since August 11 when armed hostilities resumed between Shiite rebels and the military.

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  2. United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes (R) chats with Manila residents displaced by devastating floods during a visit to a sports stadium-turned evacuation centre in Pasig City, suburban Manila, on October 12, 2009. Holmes is in the Philippines on a two-day visit to assess the country's post-disaster aid requirements.
  3. United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes (C) chats with Manila residents displaced by devastating floods during a visit to a sports stadium-turned evacuation centre in Pasig City, suburban Manila, on October 12, 2009. Holmes is in the Philippines on a two-day visit to assess the country's post-disaster aid requirements.
  4. United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes (C) visits children displaced by devastating floods in Pasig City, suburban Manila, on October 12, 2009. Holmes is in the Philippines on a two-day visit to assess the country's post-disaster aid requirements.
  5. United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes (C) chats with children displaced by devastating floods in Pasig City, suburban Manila, on October 12, 2009. Holmes is in the Philippines on a two-day visit to assess the country's post-disaster aid requirements.
  6. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes (C) tours the Marzaq internally displaced people's camp in Haradh, in the northwestern province of Hajjah, on October 9, 2009. Holmes called for greater access to Yemen's war displaced and urged donors to hastily respond to an emergency appeal for 23.5 million dollars in aid. The UN says some 150,000 people have been displaced in northern Yemen in the past five years, including 55,000 since August 11 when armed hostilities resumed between Shiite rebels and the military.
  7. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes (C) listens to a UNHCR employee as he tours the Marzaq internally displaced people's camp in Haradh in the northwestern province of Hajjah, on October 9, 2009. Holmes called for greater access to Yemen's war displaced and urged donors to hastily respond to an emergency appeal for 23.5 million dollars in aid. The UN says some 150,000 people have been displaced in northern Yemen in the past five years, including 55,000 since August 11 when armed hostilities resumed between Shiite rebels and the military.
  8. U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes answers questions from the media during a press conference Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 in Manila's financial district of Makati, Philippines. Holmes, who is here for a first-hand information on the extent of the damage of recent typhoons, said that said that at least US $44 million dollars in aid has been committed to help after Tropical Storm Ketsana but the world body is prepared to appeal for fresh aid after Typhoon Parma followed shortly, triggering devastating landslides and floods.
  9. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes speaks during a press conference in Sanaa on October 11, 2009. Holmes addressed the media at the end of his fact-finding visit to Yemen, where an estimated 55,000 people have fled their homes because of two months of fighting in mountainous northern provinces.
  10. UN humanitarian chief John Holmes speaks to journalists during a tour at the Marzaq internally displaced people's camp in Haradh in the northwestern province of Hajjah, on October 9, 2009. Holmes called for greater access to Yemen's war displaced and urged donors to hastily respond to an emergency appeal for 23.5 million dollars in aid. The UN says some 150,000 people have been displaced in northern Yemen in the past five years, including 55,000 since August 11 when armed hostilities resumed between Shiite rebels and the military.
  11. UN Humanitarian chief John Holmes looks on during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Holmes visited northern Sri Lanka to study the welfare of war-displaced civilians held in camps and those recently resettled.
  12. United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes speaks to reporters during a news conference discussing his visit to the north, in Colombo November 19, 2009. Holmes visited the north to see the current situation of the resettlement of internally displaced people since the end of the 25-year war between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger separatists.
  13. United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes speaks to reporters during a news conference discussing his visit to the north, in Colombo November 19, 2009. Holmes visited the north to see the current situation of the resettlement of internally displaced people since the end of the 25-year war between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger separatists.
  14. UN Humanitarian chief John Holmes speaks as Sri Lankan foreign minister Rohitha Bogollagama, right, looks on during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Holmes visited northern Sri Lanka to study the welfare of war-displaced civilians held in camps and those recently resettled.
  15. U.N. Humanitarian Chief John Holmes, left, speaks as Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama looks on during a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Holmes visited northern Sri Lanka to study the welfare of war-displaced civilians held in camps and those recently resettled.
  16. United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes (L) listens to a reporters question with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama, during a news conference discussing Holme's visit to the north, in Colombo November 19, 2009. Holmes visited the north to see the current situation of the resettlement of the Internally Displaced People since the end of the 25-year war between the government and Tamil Tiger separatists.

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