Ministry of Health Spox: UN Is Partner in US-Saudi Crimes Against Yemeni People
Ministry of Health spokesman confirmed, on Saturday, that the United Nations is a partner in the crimes committed by the US-Saudi aggression against the Yemeni people. The spokesman, Dr. Anis Al-Asbahi, explained that the health sector needs more than 6 million liters of diesel to operate hospitals, oxygen factories, and other important logistics. He pointed out that the interruption of fuel will put many health sectors out of work, such as dialysis departments, children’s incubators, and operations departments.
He indicated that 2,000 children need respirators, and their lives are threatened due to the prevention of the entry of fuel tankers. Dr. Al-Asbahi called on international organizations to play their humanitarian role and put pressure on the countries of aggression in order to neutralize the humanitarian issue and release the detained fuel tankers. He also called for the opening of Sana’a Airport and the port of Hodeidah to allow the entry of medicines and medical equipment and the removal of cases that require travel for treatment.
He stressed that the Minister of Health communicated with international and UN organizations and briefed them on the catastrophic medical situation in Yemen, stressing at the same time that the ministry does not rely on international organizations, considering that they have witnessed the catastrophic situation for 7 years, and we did not see any responsible move from them.
Yemen Petroleum Company confirmed the aggravation of the fuel crisis in all governorates due to the detention of fuel tankers by the Navy of US-Saudi aggression. The spokesman for the company, Essam Al-Mutawakel, told Almasirah, Thursday, that the company launched a distress call due to the fuel stocks running out, and that the rest of the quantities are sold at the company’s stations at the official price.
A fuel crisis afflicts all Yemen’s governorates, as a result of the procedures imposed by the Saudi-Emirati coalition and the pro-aggression government. The coalition of aggression continues its piracy, detaining fuel ships, and preventing them from entering the port of Hodeidah, despite obtaining permits from UN, which aggravates the humanitarian catastrophe due to the suspension of many vital service sectors, especially hospitals, electricity, water, cargo trucks, as well as waste trucks.
Since June 2020, the aggression and its allied government have continued to prevent fuel ships from entering the port of Hodeidah, except for a few ships that entered the port with a large time difference between each ship. Most of the ships left the place where they were being held by the forces of aggression, with their full cargo, after accumulating delay fines, exceeding the price of the cargo.
The coalition’s detention of dozens of fuel ships during more than a year and a half, and preventing them from entering the port of Hodeidah, despite being subject to inspection in accordance with the approved UN inspection and verification mechanism, and having obtained all the necessary permits from the UN inspection mission, caused a suffocating fuel crisis in all governorates. under the authority of Sana’a. Most of the important vital sectors, especially the health sector, are threatened with suspension, while work has been disrupted in many productive and service sectors, which caused economic losses of millions of dollars.
The fuel stations announced that their stocks of oil had run out. Hundreds of vehicles stood in long queues in front of these stations, hoping that shipments of oil would arrive in the coming days. Meanwhile, representatives of commercial power stations told subscribers in several neighborhoods of the capital, Sana’a, that these stations will have to cut off the power for hours during the day and night, as a result of the lack of diesel running these stations.