Ministry of Foreign Affairs Evaluates Effectiveness of Aid Provided to Yemen

Humanitarian aid mechanism for Yemen has become a subject of controversy at home and in the corridors of the United Nations, Ambassador Ahmed Al-Emad, dean of the diplomatic institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Al-Emad made his remarks on Sunday during a workshop to evaluate the effectiveness of aid to Yemen in dealing with the humanitarian crisis.

The dean of the diplomatic institute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to tamper with humanitarian aid, saying, “We are evaluating the aid mechanism provided to Yemen.”

For his part, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mohamed Hajar, affirmed that international organizations working in humanitarian aid should abide by the principles of integrity and independence and the plans of the government in Sana’a.

He stressed that only stopping the aggression and lifting the siege could relieve the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which is the highest in the world.

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out that Yemen has been subjected, for the past 5 years, to an aggression led by Saudi Arabia and the Emirates with the blessing of the super powers, stressing that during the five years of aggression they committed war crimes and violated all international treaties.

“The US-Saudi aggression caused the emergence of the largest humanitarian crisis, as a result of the blockade and the aggression that destroyed all the capabilities of the infrastructure,” he said, stressing that facilitating the conditions of humanitarian work is a priority of the Supreme Political Council.

For his part, Deputy Head of the International Organizations and Conferences Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Muhammad al-Sadah, explained that Yemen is among the 150 countries receiving aid and has been ranked 78th since the 1990s.

He pointed out that the international community provided Yemen with only 5.5 billion dollars from 1995 to 2009, which is a reckless amount compared to countries with which Yemen shared development factors.

He stated that despite the aggression and the blockade are ongoing since 2015, affecting 14 million Yemenis, Yemen is not among the first 10 countries to receive aid, which confirms that the interests of donors are at the forefront, and it also does not care about the results of aid.

Al-Sadah stressed that the comprehensive blockade of Yemen contributed to the deepening of the humanitarian crisis. “The closure of Sana’a airport represented a flagrant violation of international laws,” he said, noting that international organizations ignore calls to reopen the airport.

For his part, Deputy Minister of Human Rights, Ali Al-Dailami, confirmed that there are false slogans promoted by human rights organizations operating in Yemen, “if they do not do their work, it is not welcome.”

The Deputy Minister of Human Rights stressed that these organizations did not provide Yemenis with any service that amounted to the humanitarian slogans they market.