UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen Meets with Yemeni Minister of Planning and International Cooperation in Aden

Aden, 17 February 2026 

On 16 February 2026, H.E. Dr. Afrah Abdulaziz Al-Zouba, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, received Julien Harneis, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, to review progress in the preparation of the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026 and the UN Cooperation Framework 2027–2029, and to discuss ways to further strengthen cooperation between the Ministry and the United Nations.

The meeting was attended by the Deputy Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Dr. Nizar Bashehib; the Ministry’s Undersecretary for International Cooperation, Omar Abdulaziz; the Undersecretary for Projects, Eng. Wazira Al-Sharmani; the Yemen Country Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA); and a UN Development Coordination Officer.