After 1000 Days of War, Yemen Can’t Wait A global call to President Trump, Prime Minister May, and President Macron December 2017 marks 1000 days since the escalation of a war that has turned the Middle East’s poorest country into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, leaving Yemen ravaged by preventable diseases and on the verge of a historic famine. Every ten minutes, a child dies from hunger or disease. Three-quarters of the population – 22 million people – need humanitarian assistance to survive. All parties to the conflict have repeatedly carried out deplorable violations against civilians, with almost complete impunity. The recent blockade imposed by the coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has made an already catastrophic situation worse. It has barred delivery of life-saving food, medicines and fuel, leading to hospitals shutting down, and whole cities without clean water or working sanitation. The increased violence in Sana'a, and the killing of former President Saleh by the Houthis risks further increasing the threat to Yemen's civilians. The international community has failed to take the action needed to end this man-made catastrophe. Millions of Yemeni women, men and children feel abandoned by global leaders who seem to put profit and politics above human lives. Throughout 1000 days since the conflict escalated, quiet diplomacy has failed to curb violation after violation by the warring parties. The US, UK, and France, as permanent members of the UN Security Council and major weapons suppliers to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, bear a special responsibility to use the full extent of their leverage to press their partners in the region to end the crisis. Instead of stoking the flames of a war that is strangling an entire population and risks destabilising the entire region, they could be the brokers of peace. We are at a tipping point. To prevent further catastrophe and famine, Yemen needs an immediate ceasefire; an end to all blockages on access for food, fuel and medical supplies; and investment in a new, inclusive peace process in which women, youth and diverse civil society meaningfully participate. We call upon President Trump, Prime Minister May, and President Macron, to take urgent action at the UN Security Council to make this happen. Our message to them is simple: if you don’t want the burden of the lives of thousands more Yemeni children on your hands, then the time to act is now. Yemen can't wait any longer. Signed: 1. Aaron Huey, National Geographic photographer, (US) 2. Abbas Milani, Hamid & Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies, Stanford University, (US) 3. Abby Maxman, President, Oxfam America, (US) 4. Abderrahmane Sissako, Filmmaker, (Mauritania) 5. Abdessalam Kleiche, Researcher, (France) 6. Abdulrahman Hussain, Yemeni Film director and Producer at comfilms, co-founder of SupportYemen media collective, (Canada) 7. AbdulRazzaq H. Al-Azazi, Indepdent Yemeni journalist, (Kuwait) 8. Abdusalam Alahsab, Civil Strengthening Network, (Yemen) 9. Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza SC, Spokesperson, The Advocates For Transformation, (South Africa) 10. Afrah Nasser, Independent Yemeni journalist, (Yemen) 11. Agnès Jaoui, Actress and film director, (France) 12. Ahmad al-Gohbary, Yemeni journalist, (Yemen) 13. Alan Brown MP, MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun, (UK) 14. Alison Thewliss MP, MP for Glasgow Central, (UK) 15. Alyssa Milano, Actor, activist, entrepreneur, (US) 16. Amal Basha, Director, Sisters' Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF), (Yemen) 17. Ambassador (ret) Stephen A. Seche, Former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, 2007-2010, (US) 18. Amr Hamzawy, Egyptian Writer and Political Scientist, (Egypt) 19. Ana Gomes MEP, MEP Portugal (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats), (Portugal) 20. Andrew Mitchell MP, MP for Sutton Coldfield, (UK) 21. Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, (US) 22. Angélique Kidjo, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, (Benin) 23. Ann Suellentrop M.S. R.N., Physicians for Social Responsibility, Kansas City, (US) 24. Annie Lahmer, Local councillor, (France) 25. Anuradha Chenoy, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, (India) 26. Arang Keshavarzian, Associate Professor, New York University, (US) 27. Arielle de Rothschild, President, CARE France, (France) 28. Arthur H, Musician, (France) 29. Audrey Pulvar, President, Foundation for Nature and Man, (France) 30. Aziz Pahad, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of South Africa, (South Africa) 31. B. Donovan Picard, Partner, Picard Kentz & Rowe, (US) 32. Babulal Sethia, Past-President, Royal Society of Medicine, London, (UK) 33. Bahey eldin Hassan, Director, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), (Egypt) 34. Barbara Berardi, Researcher, EHESS Paris, (France) 35. Baroness Lindsay Northover, Liberal Democrat Lords Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, (UK) 36. Baroness Shas Sheehan, Liberal Democrat International Development Spokesperson, (UK) 37. Bassma Kodmani, Director, The Arab Reform Initiative, (Syria) 38. Benoit Tadie, Professor, Rennes 2 University - Former head of cooperation, French Embassy in Yemen (1998-2002), (France) 39. Bernard Faivre d’Arcier, Former Director, Avignon Festival, (France) 40. Bertrand Badie, Professor, Sciences Po Paris, (France) 41. Beverly Johnson MD CCFP, President, Federation of Medical Women of Canada, (Canada) 42. Bill Kidd MSP, Chief Whip, Scottish Government, (Scotland) 43. Bishop Francis Loyo, The Bishop of the Diocese of Rokon, Province of the Episcopal Church (Anglican) of South Sudan (ECSS), (South Sudan) 44. Bishop Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield, (UK) 45. Bodil Valero, MEP and Vice-President, Group of the Greens, (Sweden) 46. Brian Dooley, Senior Advisor, Human Rights First, (US) 47. Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow and Director of the Brookings Intelligence Project & Senior Fellow, Brookings Center for Middle East Policy, (US) 48. Burkhard Vogt, Archaeologist, (Germany) 49. Cali, Singer-songwriter, (France) 50. Camélia Jordana, Musician, (France) 51. Campbell Robb, Trustee of CARE International UK, (UK) 52. Carol Monaghan MP, MP for Glasgow North West, (UK) 53. Catherine Clément, Philosopher, (France) 54. Catherine Zennström, Founder & co-chair of Zennström Philanthropies, (UK) 55. Chandler Davis, Professor, University of Toronto, (US) 56. Charles Berling, Actor, (France) 57. Charlotte Rampling, Actress, (UK) 58. Chris Dammers, Retired consultant on conflict prevention, human rights and international development, (UK) 59. Chris Doyle, Director, CAABU (Council for Arab-British Understanding), (UK) 60. Chris Shute, Former British Consul-General, Yemen, (UK) 61. Christina McKelvie MSP, MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, (UK) 62. Christine Lazerges, President, National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH), (France) 63. Claire Fehrenbach, Executive Director, Oxfam France, (France) 64. Commissioner Solomon Ayele Dersso, Commissioner at African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, (Ethiopia) 65. Congressman Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative, CA-17 (Democratic Party), (US) 66. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, U.S. Representative, CA-13 (Democratic Party), (US) 67. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Representative, WA-07 (Democratic Party), (US) 68. Dana Pietsch, Member of the Germany-Yemeni Society, (Germany) 69. Daniel Benoin, Stage director, (France) 70. Daniel Herrero, Writer, former rugby player, (France) 71. Daniel R. Mahanty, U.S. Program Director, Center for Civilians in Conflict, (US) 72. Daniel Schelstraete, Retired Engineer, the French National Geographical Institute, (France) 73. Danny Glenwright, Executive Director, Action Against Hunger Canada, (Canada) 74. David Linden MP, MP for Glasgow East, (UK) 75. David Swanson, Director, World Beyond War, (US) 76. Diane Randall, Executive Secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, (US) 77. Dimitris Christopoulos, President, FIDH, (France) 78. Dominique Blanc, Actress, (France) 79. Donna McKay, Executive Director, Physicians for Human Rights, (US) 80. Dorothy Ghettuba Pala, Filmmaker & TV Producer, Co-Founder & CEO Spielworks Media, (Kenya) 81. Douglas Chapman MP, MP for Dunfermline and West Fife, (UK) 82. Dr Anna Stavrianakis, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sussex, (UK ) 83. Dr James Smith, CEO, Aegis Trust, (UK) 84. Dr Kate Ferguson, Managing Director, Protection Approaches, (UK) 85. Dr Mehari Taddele Maru, Chief Strategist at the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), (Ethiopia) 86. Dr Nahid Azad, MD, FRCPC, CCPE, Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa and Federation of Medical Women of Canada, (Canada) 87. Dr Philippa Whitford MP, MP for Central Ayrshire, (UK) 88. Dr. Christian Darles, Honorary professor, University of Toulouse-France, Member of the French archaeological mission in Yemen, (France) 89. Dr. Elham Manea, Yemeni/Swiss academic and writer, (Switzerland) 90. Dr. Gregory H. Stanton, Founding Chairman, Genocide Watch, (US) 91. Dr. Jillian Schwedler, Professor of Political Science, City University of New York, (US) 92. Dr. John Torpey, Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the City University of New York Graduate Centre, (US) 93. Dr. Rouba Mheisen, Founder and Director of SAWA for Development and Aid, (Lebanon) 94. Dr. Ziad Alissa, President, UOSSM, (France) 95. Eddie Izzard, Actor, comedian and activist - born in Yemen, (UK) 96. Edward Bickham, Trustee of CARE International UK, (UK) 97. Elisa Massimino,