The caretaker Prime Minister received on Saturday the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Gilles Michaud, and his accompanying delegation, who is currently visiting Yemen.
During the meeting, Dr. Bin Habtoor welcomed the UN official and his accompanying delegation on their visit to Yemen.
He reviewed the multiple effects of the continued state of aggression and blockade on Yemen, especially on the economic and living aspects of various segments of Yemeni society.
The caretaker Prime Minister reiterated that Sana’a was and will continue to be for a just and honorable peace that preserves Yemen’s security, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
He pointed to the need to increase humanitarian support for the Yemeni people and not to involve the humanitarian file in political bargaining.
He stressed the government’s keenness to support and facilitate the work of UN organizations and address any problem they face.
Dr. Bin Habtoor praised the role played by the humanitarian system in Yemen to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people caused and still caused by the US-Saudi-UAE aggression and blockade.
The meeting also touched on the legal and moral responsibility of the United Nations and the Security Council to stop the Zionist aggression and the entry of food and medicine to the people of Gaza.
Dr. Bin Habtoor pointed out that Yemen is today doing its duty to support the oppressed in Gaza based on religious, moral, and humanitarian duty by various means and available capabilities.
He pointed out that Sana’a will continue its military operations in support of Gaza until the aggression is stopped and adequate food and medicine are brought in to its people.
For his part, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Safety and Security Affairs stressed that the United Nations is working to address the situation in Gaza urgently and ensure that the war does not spread and move to a level where it is difficult to control its course.
He pointed out that the Secretary-General of the United Nations and all its institutions will not retreat from peace efforts in Gaza and other conflict areas in the world.
The UN official stressed the importance of strengthening cooperation and coordination between the concerned government agencies in Yemen and the United Nations Office and working according to joint mechanisms that help prepare and submit reports on the humanitarian situation in Yemen and its variables and determine the volume of support according to priorities in this field.
He also confirmed the UN and its staff’s respect for the religious and societal values and norms of the Yemeni people and not to prejudice them, affirming that the responsibility lies on everyone to alleviate the suffering of Yemenis and provide them with their basic needs.
