In the midst of a once-in-a-generation pandemic, the body looked to for international stability and a steady hand in guiding global affairs, the United Nations, has failed to address the needs of those most desperate for assistance. Yemen's civil war and associated humanitarian crisis — presently the worst in the world — has ravaged the country and region for years, and the global pandemic has only complicated matters.  To begin to address concerns of virus spread, the United Nations has spent months attempting to negotiate a ceasefire between the Houthi rebels prominent in the north of Yemen and the internationally recognized government of the south.  In early April, after two weeks of unsuccessful United Nations calls for both sides to lay down arms, the Saudi coalition in Yemen announced that it had unilaterally brokered a ceasefire between the two sides.  Since then, the United Nations' Ramesh Rajasingham, acting...(Read Full Post)