(VOVworld) - The United Nations called Friday for an immediate humanitarian pause in Yemen to allow delivery of badly needed assistance in the country.

Civilians in Sanaa city evacuated from the air strike areas (Photo: AP)

At a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, Johannes Van Der Klaauw, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen said the humanitarian situation in Yemen is getting worse by the hour especially in Aden city where millions of people are at risk due to lack of food, water, medicine and fuel. The humanitarian truce will enable international humanitarian organizations and personnel to safely deliver assistance to the most vulnerable Yemeni people.