Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: July 31, 1989
• Invested on: December 11, 1989

During the civil war in Yemen in January 1986, Mr. William Bryan Wannop, the United Nations Development Program Resident Representative, on his own initiative, was instrumental in evacuating approximately five hundred foreigners from the battle-scarred capital. He organized many rescue missions to bring out those trapped in combat zones, personally provided shelter, food and water to many of those rescued and coordinated the convoys which took the evacuees to the waiting ships. When it was learned that five West Germans were trapped in their embassy in a centre of intense fighting, he did not hesitate to drive into the area to retrieve them. Due to Mr. Wannop's signal efforts the evacuation of the foreign community from Aden was carried out successfully.