United Nations: Yemen is a mirror and an amplifier of the fluctuations of the region, and hunger should not determine the country’s future

Grendberg warned in his surrounding a meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday that “The Yemeni conflict, which is not like a rift line, sends apostate tremors across its borders and enlarges existing regional competitions. At the same time, the broader instability in the Middle East remains back to Yemen, fueling its divisions and recently achieving sustainable peace.”.

He added that the peace process in Yemen will remain fragile without addressing the sources of instability in the region. He referred to continuing “Disturbing and dangerous escalation” For hostile actions between Ansar Allah and Israel.

He warned that the current cycle of violence is more and more from Yemen from the peace process, which would achieve sustainable and long -term peace and grow economically.

Outstanding escalation

The special envoy described the last wave of arbitrary arrests that affected 22 United Nations employees in Sana’a and Hodeidah as it “A blatant escalation from Ansar Allah against the United Nations”.

He stressed that their unacceptable detention, storming the international headquarters and seizing its property threatens the United Nations’s ability to advance peace efforts and provide humanitarian support to the Yemeni people.

He also pointed out that there are currently thousands of Yemenis detained as a result of the conflict, stressing that the move on this painful issue has been long awaited.

The importance of dialogue

The UN official said that while the relative stability continues, the recent military activity in areas such as Al -Dhalea, Ma’rib and Taiz warns that poor appreciation from any of the parties may lead to the return of the comprehensive conflict, warning that the consequences of the war will be dire on Yemen and the region as a whole.

On the economic situation, Grendberg stressed that Yemen’s economic capabilities can only be achieved through cooperation, the political nature of national institutions, and the adoption of a comprehensive national vision.

At the end of his surrounding, Gundberg stressed that unilateral decisions rarely result in solutions, indicating that “Dialogue – no matter how difficult – is the only free way to bridge the gap and move forward”.

The third most countries in food insecurity

The Undersecretary of the United Nations Secretary -General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher warned that high food prices, security threats to the work of the United Nations, the collapse of the economy, and the continued conflict led to making Yemen the third most countries in the world suffering from food insecurity.

He added that before February next year, an additional million people are expected to be forced to hunger, to join 17 million Yemenis suffering from food shortages.

He said: “In one family in every five families, a person spends a whole day and night without food at all.”.

Lack of financing and a difficult work environment

Fletcher stressed that despite the lack of financing and the difficult work environment, the humanitarian workers have responded to those who desperately need help.

He gave some examples of the work of humanitarian organizations, including in Hajjah Governorate, where humanitarian organizations have strengthened their responses to reduce the aggravation of severe food insecurity after the death of hunger children in the camps of the displaced internally.

But he warned that the lack of financing and the difficult work environment increasingly prevents access to a sufficient number of needy and providing a full set of interventions to save lives and lay the foundations of sustainable change.

He described the detention of United Nations employees as very worrying and unacceptable. He said: “The detention of United Nations employees does not benefit the Yemeni people. It does not feed the hungry, does not heal the patients, nor does it protect the displaced.”.

Fletcher called for the immediate release of all the arbitrary detained colleagues, and the return of the United Nations headquarters stormed by the security forces, to ensure the return of the humanitarian partners to work, and to finance the international response to food insecurity and malnutrition.

He added: “We should not allow collective hunger to determine the future of Yemen.”.