Saudi Arabia is blocking the entry of essential supplies into Yemen and a confidential UN report

 Ibb news 22, 1439 H corresponding to 12/10/2017

Unregistered maritime records, a confidential UN report and interviews with humanitarian agencies and shipping lines have shown that the Saudi-led alliance of aggression ships are preventing the entry of necessary supplies into Yemen even in cases where ships do not carry weapons 

In a lengthy report published by Reuters, a United Nations system failed in May 2016 to facilitate trade supplies through the blockade to ensure that the Yemeni people have access to the supplies they need

The report said that the relief agencies have increased the amount of food transported to some areas of Yemen this year, but Yemen imports more than 85% of its needs of food and medicine and recorded shipments of trade severely

In the case of the Kota Nazar ship and 12 other vessels, Reuters checked its cases in detail. Saudi-backed blockade ships returned ships carrying aid and commercial goods on its wake, which were severely disrupted before arriving at Yemeni ports, although the UN agreed to their shipments and there were no weapons on board

The report said aid ships were caught in the siege. One of the seven ships carried antibiotics, surgical equipment, cholera and malaria medicines covering 300,000 people. The shipment was delayed for three months. Save the Children, a British-based charity, said 20,000 dollars worth of drugs During which it is damaged or expired

“In July, four oil tankers carrying 71,000 tons of fuel, equivalent to 10 percent of Yemen’s monthly fuel needs, were barred from entering the port,” he said

In a confidential report to the UN Security Council in April, UN investigators detailed in detail the many obstacles that ships faced through the blockade

In one case, the vessels of a shipping company waited 396 days for docking in Hodeidah, which led to the accumulation of $ 5.5 million in fuel and cooling expenses

The United Nations report said that it takes an average of ten days for the coalition to grant permission to ship docking in Hodeidah even in cases where ships are not delayed

Source: Yemen Press

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