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The Iran-backed Houthi rebels and Saudi-led coalition have both agreed to observe the two-month truce which is to take effect at 16:00 GMT on Saturday.
At least three people died in Yemen on Tuesday when an explosion occurred at an arms depot in the southern province of Abyan. No group or individual has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Norwegian Refugee Council -Â which has been providing food, shelter and other necessities to mitigate the humanitarian crisis in Yemen - said civilian casualties totalled 95 in April, down from 213 in March.
At least 10 Yemeni soldiers were killed in clashes despite efforts to halt the war in the country.
Hans Grundberg is scheduled to meet Houthi rebel officials during his first Sanaa visit since taking office in September.
The two-month long, UN-brokered truce between Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition will allow aid groups to reach more Yemenis who are suffering from malnutrition and hunger as a result of the war.
The airstrike on Friday was part of an intense air and ground offensive that marked an escalation in Yemen’s years-long civil war.
Last year’s UN appeal for about $3.9 billion to help 16 million people was only 58 percent funded. UN deputy humanitarian chief Ramesh Rajasingham said the international body expects this year’s aid operation to need roughly as much money.
It is believed that at least 70 people were killed in the Saudi airstrike, which targeted a prison in the Houthi controlled town of Saada.
The UN estimated that around 377,000 lives will have been lost due to war in Yemen by the end of the year, with around 60 percent of deaths caused by indirect impacts like lack of safe water.