UN suspends operations in Yemen’s Houthhi stronghold after staff detained | News of the United Nations
The UN said that the “extraordinary and temporary measure” was taken to ensure the safety and safety of its staff.
United Nations temporarily paused all operations in the Yemeni region of Saad after Closed power of Houthhi Eight more of his staff, the UN spokesman said.
“This extraordinary and temporary measure seeks to balance the imperative to stay and deliver with the need to safely and safety by UN -Ai’s safety and his partners guaranteed,” the Deputy spokesman UN -A Farhan Haq said on Monday.
“Such guarantees are ultimately needed to ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of our efforts,” Haq said.
The seven UN agencies are currently operating in Saada – Houthhi stronghold in northern Yemen – including the World Food Program, the World Health Organization and the UNICEF Children’s Agency.
Haq said he couldn’t say how many people in Yemen would influence the break in the UN operations, but said that the world body remains “completely devoted to helping millions of people in need” throughout the country.
“This break is to give the time de facto to the authorities and the United Nations to agree on the release of the arbitrarily detained UN staff to ensure that there are the necessary conditions for providing critical humanitarian support,” he said.
Houthis, who did not immediately acknowledge the UN decision, detained dozens of UN staff from 2021, and the group had at least 24 people in custody before the latest arrests.
Until now, UN employees have not been published, and the group has paraded them on television channels, where they were presented as associates with Western intelligence agencies and Israel.
Previously suspended all the trips In the areas held on January 24th after the rebel group detained an indefinite number of staff.
It is unclear why the UN staff was still present in Saada at the time of the arrest. Houthis supporting Iran has controlled most of the Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, since he seized power in 2014 and early 2015. The group is in war with a coalition under the leadership of the Saudi, which is struggling on behalf of the Yemeni -exiled government.
More than a decade of the war left 150,000 people dead in Yemen. The country also experiences one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with more than 18 million people who need help, according to the UN.
The Houth aiming of the UN is coming because the armed group ended the campaign of attacks on the goals in Israel, as well as international delivery in the Red Sea and the Bay of Aden.
The group began its campaign solidarity with people in November 2023, saying that it would stop attacks after a truce was reached between Israel and Hamas.
In January, the President of the United States Donald Trump returned the Houthhi label as a “terrorist” organization, which he appointed during his first term, before being seized by US President Joe Biden.
