- The World Food Program (WFP) announced a reduced food ration to eight million Yemenis in December 2021. It has also reduced/closed other vital programs, including water, protection and reproductive health services, in recent weeks, stating that it is due to underfunding.
- The World Food Program (WFP) has also confirmed that more than 16 million citizens need humanitarian assistance for the year 2022. On the other hand, WFP provided humanitarian assistance through a shipment carrying 250,000 bags of spoiled flour and not in conformity with the approved standard specifications.
- Two ships belonging to the WFP docked at the port of Hodeidah, the first ship was loaded with a quantity of 12,000 tons, equivalent to 205,000 bags of spoiled flour coming from Turkey. When the shipment was subject to inspection, it was found to be rotten due to the presence of insects.
- There are 333 containers of legumes belonging to the World Food Program in the port yard. It was found that they carry American-origin legumes, which are infected with insects, discoloration of the product and mold in the shipping containers.
- The Médecins sans frontières (MSF) mission notes that “the situation in Yemen is getting worse with every passing day,” that famine in Yemen is weighing heavily on the country and the nearly seven-year long war has badly affected the country’s economy and weakened an already fragile healthcare system.
- The continued piracy of the Saudi-led Coalition countries on the ships of oil derivatives, foodstuffs and medicines, and its various disastrous repercussions, have not been received with any serious and tangible action by the United Nations, as it is the international body concerned with facilitating the entry of basic commodities imports. In fact, the United Nations did not leave the state of impasse and acts of shameful partiality, despite its apparent acknowledgment of the exacerbating humanitarian consequences resulting from the acute shortage of fuel supplies and its emphasis on ensuring the flow of basic commodities and so on.
- A number of statements made urgent distress calls to the international community and the concerned international organizations and agencies to take their responsibilities, mobilize their inactive roles and move forward to take the right measures that would allow the entry of oil derivatives ships and stop their interception. The statements held the United Nations responsible for the consequences of delay and procrastination of measures to alleviate the suffering of citizens caused by the aggression and blockade, calling for the necessity of carrying out its duties and responsibilities for which it was established. The statements demanded a speedy release of the seized fuel ships in order to avoid an imminent humanitarian catastrophe that threatens to stop the country’s service sectors.
