UNIPATH STAFF
Yemen will be the beneficiary of $1.2 billion in humanitarian assistance provided by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Abdullah Fadhil Al Nuaimi, representing the UAE’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, said in October 2016 that the aid would help Yemen with health care, education, infrastructure development and public utilities, among other needs.
Speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council, Al Nuaimi said the UAE welcomed the findings of a report by the Yemeni Independent National Commission of Inquiry on the status of human rights, and praised Yemen’s cooperation with the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
He pointed to resolutions by international organizations to implement Security Council Resolution 2216, which demands an end to violence in Yemen. And he stressed the need to continue a Gulf Cooperation Council initiative to support an agreement that maintains Yemen’s unity, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, while rejecting any interference in Yemen’s internal affairs.
Source: United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation