UN Under-Secretary-General: I was shocked by what I saw in Yemen

Ibb News 8 Safar 1439 H corresponding to 28/10/2017

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lokoc left Sana’a today after a two-day visit to Yemen, during which he briefed him on the humanitarian situation caused by the aggression and siege.

“I have been struck by the tremendous impact of this human-induced conflict, the fastest outbreak of cholera and the world’s greatest food insecurity crisis, as well as the conditions associated with large-scale population displacement,” the UN official told a news conference at Sanaa International Airport.

The UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs said he had seen massive damage to infrastructure in Yemen as a result of the bombing

“I saw everywhere you went through heavy destruction in roads, bridges, factories, hotels, homes, and other places, and I visited hospitals with little or no electricity or water and children suffering from severe malnutrition,

He pointed out that he discussed with the concerned parties ways to strengthen cooperation and coordination with the United Nations on the need for everyone to make more efforts to ensure access of humanitarian assistance to the needy in addition to facilitating the delivery of four mobile cranes to the port of Hodeidah and installed

Mark Lokoc said he had met with a number of displaced people out of the 2 million who had been forced to leave their homes to avoid fighting and also met health workers who had not been paid for a year. “I have heard stories of children who have not gone to school for almost a year,

“We are able to demonstrate the effectiveness of our work for our commitment to neutrality, independence and impartiality, under the leadership of the Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and the”

Lokoc called on the concerned authorities to quickly hand over salaries to employees and reopen Sanaa International Airport for commercial and humanitarian flights and improve the operation of ports, especially the port of Hodeidah

He reiterated that the United Nations and its partners are able to expand their scope further, calling on donor countries to provide more support and funding to facilitate the work of the United Nations and expand its humanitarian scope

“At the same time, I reiterate my appeal to the United Nations General Assembly in September that all parties in Yemen and the parties that support and influence them must do more to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians and in the absence of significant progress on all these points, Deteriorating conditions in the deterioration and will increase the suffering of human large and more “

Was attended by Minister of Human Rights Alia Faysal Abdul Latif and Head of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yahia Al-Sayagi

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