UAE’s role in Yemen hailed by global relief organisations

ADEN / WAM

A number of international relief organisations have praised the humanitarian, development and service initiatives of the UAE in Yemen, and the country’s eminent role in easing up the scourge of the embattled country’s current humanitarian situation and supporting Yemeni households across the liberated governorates and districts.
This came during discussions in Aden between Saeed Al Kaabi, UAE Humanitarian Operations Director for Yemen, and representatives of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC), the World Food Programme (WFP), and Taher Barakah, Deputy Director, the United Nations Cluster Coordination in Yemen.
The discussions touched on the mechanisms of improving the current humanitarian situation in Taiz Governorate and the Red Sea Coast, by providing better relief services to needy Yemeni families.
During the meetings, Stephanie Eller, head of the ICRC Mission in Taiz, commended the ongoing coordination between the UAE and the ICRC mission in supporting affected areas. Al Kaabi discussed with Barakah, methods of enhancing coordination between the UAE and the UN, to ease the suffering of needy people.
During his meeting with the organisations, Al Kaabi explained the phases and mechanisms followed by the UAE in providing the aid, as well as the locations where the organisations operate, to unite their humanitarian efforts. He underlined the importance of performing field surveys on targeted areas and preparing relevant
reports and studies, to implement development and service projects conducive to ensuring normalcy in the liberated areas.
The humanitarian aid provided to the Yemeni people include the provision of food parcels and the implementation of development and services projects, as well as mobile clinics, awareness campaigns about the dangers of mines, and supporting water and electricity plants, to provide Yemenis with safe and stable lives.
Al Kaabi stated that these meetings are being held as part of the UAE’s ongoing efforts to coordinate with international relief organi- sations that operate in Yemen, to ease the suffering of the Yemeni people, as well as to facilitate access for these organisations to areas near conflict zones and explore the needs of Yemenis in a timely manner.
He added that the UAE’s humanitarian support for the Yemeni people has never waned, as ERC teams are continuing to provide humanitarian aid and stand by Yemeni families, upon the directives of the UAE’s wise leadership.