Hamid opens black box of int’l Orgs operating in Yemen
SANAA, Feb. 4 (YPA) -The National Salvation Government on Sunday, revealed evidence of international humanitarian organisations operating in Yemen that are engaging in fraud and exploitation of millions of dollars under the guise of aid to the Yemeni people.
In a new report, the government hinted at some international organizations offering tons of expired or close-to-expiration drugs to the Yemeni people, as it did last year 2018, as well as revealing other issues that come in the context of irresponsible action by some international organisations.
“An international organization–not named–has received financial assistance of about $5 million under the name of Yemen, but has taken $3.1 million for itself under operational expenses, and has provided the Yemeni people with less than $2 million in aid,” the Director of the Presidency Office of Yemen, Ahmed Hamid, said.
He indicated that another organization received international assistance on behalf of the Yemeni people for a total sum of 750,000 euros, but provided only 50,000 euros to the Yemenis, spending a total of 700,000 euros under the name of operational expenses.
Hamid further expressed his hope that the “international organizations will provide assistance to the Yemeni people in full, and not drain it in the name of operational expenses, thus depriving the Yemeni people.”
The head National Authority for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster pledged that “this situation will be remedied and rectified in the current year 2019, to be a year for correcting mistakes.”
“Any material or assistance provided by the United Nations and its humanitarian organizations should be examined in all sectors, including agriculture, where an international organization has provided salt pretending to be agricultural fertilizers or food products,” Hamid said.
Ahmed Hamed said that any project will be studied in coordination with the concerned authorities in the relevant ministries and will be reviewed and supervised, and followed up by implementation of proper projects in order to ensure fading of any errors that may occur.
He called on the international organizations working in Yemen to “work with idealism and credibility in order to meet the actual need of the afflicted Yemeni people, not the special vision of organizations that do not serve the reality of humanitarian action.”
E.M