Al-Alimi calls for urgent international action to support the economy and address the humanitarian crisis
English - Thursday 15 June 2023 الساعة 06:23 pm
Aden, NewsYemen:
The President of the Presidential Leadership Council, Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi, called for urgent international action to support economic and service reforms led by the Presidential Leadership Council and the government, and to address the real causes of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world created by the Houthi militia backed by the Iranian regime.
During his meeting, today, Thursday, with the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gresley, Al-Alimi listened to an international assessment of the humanitarian situation in Yemen, and the chances of shifting from the stage of emergency relief interventions to the scope of more sustainable development support.
The UN briefing, according to the government-run Saba Agency, included positive indicators of the humanitarian situation since the beginning of this year in connection with government reforms, foremost of which was the stability of the national currency, which led to a decline in the number of people in need of emergency aid by about two million compared to last year.
The meeting also touched on the humanitarian response programs and the international efforts required to reduce the funding gap and meet the growing needs, on which millions of people depend for survival.
The President of the Presidential Leadership Council praised the humanitarian efforts led by the United Nations in Yemen, foremost of which is the emergency food and health aid that saved millions of lives, as well as its highly appreciated efforts to address the danger of the Safer tanker, and avert a devastating environmental disaster in the Red Sea.
Al-Alimi encouraged the UN humanitarian mission to move forward with its decentralized humanitarian work program, expand the presence of its offices in all governorates, in addition to strengthening its partnership in the field of demining in cooperation with the relevant local, regional and international bodies, pointing to the dire repercussions of the terrorist Houthi militia attacks on oil facilities, and its continued investment in the war economy, profiting from currency differences and black markets, and scraping the remaining gains for the private sector and the Yemeni business community.
