After a year of Sweden agreement, it is just words on paper
English - Wednesday 11 December 2019 الساعة 05:37 pm
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Coinciding with the one year since the signing of the Swedish agreement between the Yemeni government and the Houthi revolutionaries on December 13, 2018, a human rights report revealed that 33 children are killed and injured monthly in the cities of Hodeidah and Taiz, due to the lack of commitment by the Houthi militias to the Stockholm Agreement, which stipulated a ceasefire in the province of Hodeidah.
Hodeidah ports
Since the Houthi coup against legitimacy on September 21, 2014, the ports of Hodeidah have turned into smuggling outlets for Iranian weapons, including ballistic missiles that have targeted Saudi territory.
The Houthis also used the most vital ports in Yemen for financial gain by imposing taxes on the goods received by Hodeidah, which constituted 80 percent of food and humanitarian imports, which are supposed to reach more than 8 million Yemenis in the areas under the control of the revolutionaries.
UNICEF stated that at least 300,000 children living in and around the city are suffering from malnutrition, due to the lack of access to essential materials from the seaports, due to the Houthi obstacles that used the humanitarian crisis to blackmail the international community for political gains.
"Golden Victory” Operation
On June 13, 2018, the "Golden Victory" operation was launched under the supervision of the leadership of the Alliance to Support Legitimacy, which supported formations from the brigades of the Southern Giants and Republican Guards to liberate the western coast cities of Yemen.
From the Bab al-Mandab south to the city of Hodeidah, the forces, with the support of the UAE armed forces, succeeded in liberating the coastal strip, and the cities of Mocha, Khokha and several directorates south of the city of Hodeidah were liberated.
The Southern Giants brigades advanced into the city of Hodeidah, and were able to liberate the airport, cut the main road with Sanaa, and bypass Houthi militias and besieged them inside the port of Hodeidah.
United Nations intervention
The efforts of the UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths succeeded in obtaining the approval of the Yemeni government and the Houthi revolutionaries to hold political negotiations in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
The agreement stipulated that the militias withdraw from the ports of Hodeidah, Salif, and Ras Issa, to the north of the Sana'a road, in a first stage within two weeks of signing the agreement.
And it was decided to form a committee to supervise the redeployment of Yemeni forces in Hodeidah under the supervision of the United Nations, and that the local authorities would supervise the city in accordance with Yemeni laws.
The agreement also stipulates that all revenues of Hodeidah, Al-Salif and Ras Issa ports will be deposited in the Central Bank of Yemen through its branch in Hodeidah to contribute to the payment of salaries of civil servants in Al-Hodeidah Governorate and all parts of Yemen.
Agreement “ piece of paper”
Over the course of a full year, the Houthi militia did not stop violating the agreement by violating the military armistice by bombing the locations of the giants brigades and guards of the republic, in addition to continuing to impose military points that prevent humanitarian aid from reaching the relief centers supervised by the United Nations.
Three succession to the chairmanship of the Redeployment Committee is an indication that little progress has been made in the work of the Committee. From General Patrick Cammaert, they passed through the Danish General Michael Lollisgaard to the Indian General Abahjit who barely succeeded in setting up four ceasefire observation points.
The Houthi militia was intransigent in implementing the agreement, and it did not provide a basis on which to relieve the suffering of thousands of people in need of humanitarian aid, although the militias continued to use this suffering to blackmail the international community, considering that the agreement achieved political legitimacy invoked by the United Nations under the agreement.
