The United Arab Emirates has announced its determination to support development in Yemen and to provide full support for the long-term reconstruction of Yemen, calling for full respect for the peace agreements concluded in Stockholm.
This came during a donors' conference on aid to Yemen organized by the United Nations yesterday in Geneva, in which the UAE pledged $ 500 million to Yemen in 2019. Funding includes grants to United Nations agencies to support Yemen, With the support of Yemen on a bilateral basis, to finance ambitious programs to support stability, in cooperation with many Yemeni and international partners.
"While we have a neighbor and a brotherhood with the Yemeni people, we are committed to being at the forefront of rebuilding the economy," said Reem Bint Ibrahim Al Hashemi, Minister of State for International Cooperation, adding that there is still reason to be optimistic that peace and hope will be achieved for Yemen and its people. And the recovery of society in Yemen, which is central to the Yemeni people, especially young people, to live with dignity and hope ».
She expressed the hope that the UAE grants will be an incentive for the international community to provide more support. She stressed that the leadership of the UAE extends beyond financial support, as it will provide expertise, partnership and determination to participate in Yemen reconstruction efforts.
"With hope for a sustainable peace, let us continue to work together to provide prosperity for the Yemeni people," she said.
The Prime Minister of Yemen, Dr. Moeen Abdulmalik, praised the generous support of the United Arab Emirates for Yemen and Yemen in various fields, especially in the development, economic and relief sectors, and its active role within the Alliance of Legitimacy under the leadership of the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Yemen, the end of the Houthi coup, and the restoration of the state.
During his meeting with Reem Al Hashemi on the sidelines of the donor conference in Geneva, Al-Hashemi praised the efforts exerted by the Yemeni government to normalize life in the liberated areas, stressing the UAE's support for all these efforts and actions. Improve the basic services of Yemeni citizens and restore the institutions of their state.
During the conference, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that the donor conference in Geneva had raised $ 2.6 billion for Yemen and praised the Arab countries that had made generous financial pledges.
Despite the conflict and severe difficulties in delivering relief, UAE assistance to Yemen has helped to ward off the threat of famine, put an end to the spread of cholera and poliomyelitis, supported women and schoolchildren, and provided health care and social and psychological treatment in many areas.
Effective relief operations, working with the United Nations and other partners in Yemen, will serve as a model for future phases of aid delivery. When the need for humanitarian relief is reduced, future funding for long-term reconstruction in Yemen will be allocated by focusing on trade and supporting a thriving economy , Support for health care, education and women's programs, and the rehabilitation of the government structure, which will help build a strong and stable society.
The value of UAE assistance to Yemen from April 2015 to December 2018 was about 18.06 billion dirhams ($ 4.91 billion), benefiting more than 17 million Yemenis, including 11 million children and 3.2 million women.
Support for public programs, health, education, energy generation and supply, transport and storage, public budget support and civil society, judicial and legal development, social services, relief and food items in emergencies, and the UAE as the largest direct donor of humanitarian assistance Worldwide emergency to the Yemeni people during 2018, and was ranked second after Saudi Arabia as the second largest donor to support the UN humanitarian plan in Yemen for the same year.
In 2018, UAE assistance to Yemen amounted to 7 billion 838 million dirhams ($ 2.13 billion), of which 1 billion and 840 million dirhams ($ 500 million) were allocated to support the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan in Yemen for 2018.
• $ 4.91 billion provided by the UAE to Yemen from April 2015 to December 2018. The state pledged $ 500 million in 2019.
• UAE assistance to Yemen included support for public programs, health, education, energy and transport, support for the public budget, civil society, relief and food items in emergencies.