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Yemen’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Al-Ezzi Saturday discussed with UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Geert Cappelaere, and his delegation cooperation and coordination between Sana’a and the aid agency.
During the meeting, al-Ezzi expressed the salvation government’s gratitude to UNICEF for the financial incentives that will be provided to teachers, which will ease their burden.
He confirmed the government’ keenness in providing facilities for UNICEF and organizations operating in the country.
Cappelaere, for his part, said that the organization’s aim is to serve childhood and provide humanitarian aid, especially in light of the difficult circumstances Yemen is going through as a result of the siege and economic war.
He added that the organization would work to expand the financial incentives in future to include the workers in the health field and in the water and sanitation sector.
According to a new report by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), a nonprofit conflict-research organization, the Saudi-led war has so far claimed the lives of around 56,000 Yemenis.
The Saudi-led war has also taken a heavy toll on the country’s infrastructure, destroying hospitals, schools, and factories. The UN has already said that a record 22.2 million Yemenis are in dire need of food, including 8.4 million threatened by severe hunger.
According to the world body, Yemen is suffering from the most severe famine in more than 100 years.
A number of Western countries, the US and Britain in particular, are also accused of being complicit in the ongoing aggression as they supply the Riyadh regime with advanced weapons and military equipment as well as logistical and intelligence assistance.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
