15 financial grants and $167 million.. The United Nations funds Al-Houthi to plant death in Yemen
English - Wednesday 09 November 2022 الساعة 10:10 am
Marib, NewsYemen:
A government report documented the involvement of United Nations agencies and offices in Yemen in supporting the planting of mines and participating with the Houthi militia in killing and wounding thousands of Yemenis.
The report, which was published on Tuesday in Marib, carried the title "Supporting Death.. Partnership in Crime," Part One, issued by the National Authority for the Defense of Rights and Freedoms "HOOD", the Sheba region team, in partnership with Shahid Organization for Rights and Development, Yemen Rights for Rights and Development and My Freedom Organization. For development and human rights, the Ain Human Rights Organization.
The report documented 15 financial grants provided by the United Nations through its “development program, the UNMHA mission and other United Nations agencies” to the Houthi under a humanitarian cover entitled mine removal and combating in Yemen, with a total value of $167,221,136 between 2016-2022.
According to the report, the grants included the total cost of the first phase of the emergency mine action project, as well as the fixed annual support and urgent support that the program provides from time to time to the group under the same cover.
The report also documented the submission of 420 modern vehicles by the United Nations and its mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) to the Houthi militia in Hodeidah Governorate, including 20 pickups delivered by the development program to the group under the pretext of supporting mine action and combating efforts, in addition to 400 Jeeps. ) were provided under various names, including "ambulatory services" and "spray services".
The report monitored 60 activities and events carried out by the Houthi militia with funding from UNICEF and other UN agencies during the period covered by the report, and they were distributed among 46 training courses for Houthi elements under the name of mine awareness campaigns, and 14 awareness campaigns in 12 governorates (Saada, Hajjah, Al Hudaydah, and Amanat Al Asimah). Sana'a, Taiz, Raymah, Al Mahwit, Al Bayda, Marib, Amran, and Al Jawf).
He said that three of the governorates that benefited from these activities were not an arena for confrontations and did not witness any mine planting during the ongoing war, namely (Amanat Al Asimah, Raymah, and Al Mahwit).
He added that this comes at a time when HOOD-Team Sheba Province documented that the Houthis planted two million mines and explosive devices during the past 8 years, killing 3,024 civilians, including 647 children, 202 women, 160 elderly and 2015 men between 18-50 years old, and wounding 4,231 others with injuries and disfigurements. Among them are 1,032 children, 285 women, 181 the elderly, and 2,733 men between 18 and 50 years of age.
According to the report, it caused total and partial damage to 5,620 private properties, including 1,543 homes, 320 commercial and industrial establishments, 923 means of transportation, 334 farms, and the death of 2,500 head of livestock. Houses of worship, 38 archaeological landmarks, 135 roads and bridges, and 103 water tanks were destroyed.
According to those in charge of the report, he derived his information from a comprehensive database that includes the human and material losses left by mines and explosives planted by the Houthi militia in Yemen during the eight years of the war, supported by evidence and evidence derived from facts and events that were documented and verified in the field and through interviews with the affected victims, their families and some witnesses on those facts.
They added that the report relied on careful monitoring and tracking that reveals the amount of support and funds received by the Houthi militia during the same period from some United Nations bodies, foremost of which are the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the UNMHA Office, UNICEF and the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). UNHCR) and its partner the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) under the guise of demining.
They said that the report made the Security Council resolutions on Yemen and the Ottawa Convention of 1997 on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines as basic references in its accurate description of the crime of planting mines and explosive devices in Yemen, as well as the suspicious UN support that contributed in one way or another to the financing of these crimes and the repercussions of this support on the life and safety of civilians in the short, medium and long term.
They added that the report was also based on a process of research and investigation regarding the alleged efforts of the Houthi militia in the field of demining during the first and second phases of the (mine action) project funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and implemented through the so-called (National Mine Action Authority). And its executive center in Sana’a, affiliated with the Houthi militia, and exposing the falsehood of the allegations, the volume of fallacies and contradictions in the numbers and statistics related to the quantities of mines removed and destroyed, in light of the reports submitted by the implementing agency, compared to what is happening on the ground.
They emphasized the existence of evidence proving the suspicious role of the United Nations in fueling the ongoing conflict and the partnership relationship between it and the Houthi group, whether with regard to manufacturing and financing the death of innocent Yemeni people or the international partnership with the group in cases of financial corruption and laundering crimes, which is more dangerous than money laundering. Through the unlimited international identification against the endless violations and crimes of the Houthis.
They called on the United Nations to immediately stop supporting the Houthi militia and pressure it to hand over the mine-laying maps so that they could be removed by the specialized engineering teams.
The report called for an urgent investigation to be opened with every UN employee or envoy in Yemen who was proven to be involved in committing any cases of financial or administrative corruption or collusion with one of the parties to the conflict, and that act had a negative impact on the peace process or harmed the interests of the citizens or the higher interests of the country.
He also called for an investigation into the facts contained in this report regarding the use of UN support provided to the Houthi militia during the past period for military purposes, including planting, manufacturing and developing mines.
