The UAE has provided more than 80 tons of food and relief to the people of the villages of Hadramawt and Lahj governorates. Saudi development in Yemen, in the US capital Washington.
In detail, the UAE distributed 80 tons of food to the residents of Hadramout and Lahj, as part of its efforts at various developmental and service levels to help the brothers in Yemen and alleviate their suffering.
The UAE Red Crescent distributed 1000 food baskets to a number of residents of Gail Bin Yamin district in Hadramout governorate benefiting 5,000 people.
The people of the Directorate expressed their thanks and appreciation to the Red Crescent and its team on the ground.
The number of food baskets, which have been distributed since the beginning of the year of tolerance, reached 29,244 food baskets targeting 146,220 members of needy families in Hadramout province.
At the same time, Red Crescent teams distributed food baskets to residents of Wadi Dhar area in Tur Al-Baha district of Lahj governorate, benefiting 400 families.
This support is part of the UAE's emergency response campaign in the liberated governorates under the supervision of the Red Crescent, targeting the areas affected by the rain. Residents of the Wadi Dhar area explained that the UAE Red Crescent was the first humanitarian organization to provide them with such food assistance, although the area is remote and sprawling and the population suffers from difficult conditions.
In Washington, DC, a delegation from the Saudi Program for the Development and Reconstruction of Yemen (SPRED) inaugurated an introductory activity on Saudi development projects in Yemen.
The delegation, headed by the Director of Projects and Studies in the Program, Eng. Hassan Al-Attas, started the meeting with USAID, which was represented by Deputy Assistant Director of the Office for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, Rob Jenkins, and Deputy Assistant Director, USAID. For the Middle East », Jason Foley.
The two sides discussed ways to enhance joint cooperation in development work. During the meeting, they discussed the role and importance of development and reconstruction in Yemen.
The delegation of the Saudi Program for the Development and Reconstruction of Yemen, USAID, also reviewed the strategy of implementing development and reconstruction projects according to the needs of local communities in Yemen.
Jenkins praised the programme's development projects, praising the program's presence within Yemen's governorates.
Jenkins thanked Saudi Arabia for its generous donations to the United Nations, the latest of which was $ 500 million to support humanitarian work in Yemen.
In a related context, the delegation of the Saudi Program for the Development and Reconstruction of Yemen, held a meeting with «Middle East Institute» in Washington, represented by the President of the Institute, Dr. Paul Salem, and expert at the Institute Gerald Verstein, and researcher at the Institute Allen Kissuit, within the framework of the definition of the program, and discuss ways of cooperation to promote Development work in Yemen.
These meetings come within the framework of the induction activity carried out by the delegation of the Saudi Program for the Development and Reconstruction of Yemen, in an effort to develop mechanisms of communication and cooperation with relevant development organizations.
This comes at a time when the Yemeni Foreign Ministry condemned the continued Houthi militias in obstructing the work of international organizations working in Sana'a, the most recent of which was the expulsion of the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Al-Obaid Ahmed Al-Obaid, and to withdraw his travel permit and force him to leave Sana'a.
The Yemeni Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued yesterday that such practices clearly illustrate to the world the role played by the Houthi militias to weaken the work of international organizations working in Yemen by terrorizing and exerting pressure on the staff of these organizations in light of the silence of the international community and nations. United.
“The Government of the Republic of Yemen is keen to alleviate the suffering of citizens and to preserve and promote human rights throughout Yemen, and despite its observations on the performance of the Office of the High Commissioner, it has provided and continues to provide full support to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Yemen, and allows all UN offices to operate in Sanaa, although they are under the control of the Houthi coup militia ».
The Yemeni Foreign Ministry affirmed the government's keenness to expand its work with OHCHR through the opening of a UNHCR office in the interim capital Aden, in the interest of the Government of the Republic of Yemen to implement its human rights commitments.
The statement called on the international community and the United Nations to stand firmly and condemn these practices and violations aimed at obstructing, intimidating and terrorizing international workers in Sana'a and in areas still under the weight of these terrorist militias, stressing the need to take firm measures to ensure that the safety, safety and impartiality of the staff of international organizations in Yemen .
The Associated Press reported that Houthi militias prevented a UN human rights official from entering the capital Sanaa.
After the arrival of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) representative, Al-Obaid Ahmed Al-Obaid, at Sanaa airport, Houthi security officers withdrew his travel authorization and ordered the plane to leave, the official IRNA news agency reported.
- 1000
Distributed a food basket
Red Crescent Authority
On the number of residents
Directorate of Gail Ben Yamin
Hadramout Governorate
Benefited from them
5000 individuals.
- 29244
Distributed a food basket
Crescent Authority since the beginning
"Tolerance Year",
Targeted 146 thousand
And 220 family members
Needy in
Hadramout Governorate.