In this Oct. 1, 2018 file photo, a malnourished boy sits on a hospital bed at the Aslam Health Center, Hajjah, Yemen. Houthi rebels in Yemen have blocked half of the United Nations’ aid delivery programs in the war-torn country — a strong-arm tactic to force the agency to give them greater control over the massive humanitarian campaign, along with a cut of billions of dollars in foreign assistance, according to aid officials and internal documents obtained by The Associated Press.
The U.N. has largely kept quiet in public about the pressure, but behind the scenes the agency and international donors are digging in against the Houthi demands. The AP spoke to seven workers and officials from U.N. and independent agencies about the situation. All spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. The AP also saw dozens of documents, including emails of aid officials.
Last week, the Houthis appeared to back off the 2% demand, but continue to press for other concessions, according to aid officials. The Houthis have withheld visas and permissions for equipment and supplies and refused to grant clearances for U.N. missions to move through rebel-controlled areas. Aid workers said agency leaders’ past willingness to concede to some of the rebels’ demands has emboldened the Houthi leaders to push for more.
Tawoos accused Grande, the top U.N. official in Yemen, of sending false reports about Houthis restricting the movement of U.N. humanitarian operations. Houthi leaders have threatened to expel her from the country. The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels control the capital, Sanaa, and much of the country’s north, where most of the population lives and the need for aid is greatest. They are at war with a U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition fighting on behalf of the internationally recognized government.
Qassim Hussein al-Houthi, the head of the international agencies department in the Houthi presidency, said the money was necessary for SCMCHA’s operating expenses. “Not even a simple project can be carried out in northern Yemen without the consent and supervision of this body,” said a Yemeni chief of a local aid organization.U.N. agencies continued to put hundreds of millions of dollars into Houthi accounts for “capacity building,” a common practice in humanitarian programs to ensure government bodies function.
Still, last summer, the U.N. requested all agencies report how much they were giving in direct cash transfers. In 2019, the total reached $370 million, around 10% of the entire international aid budget for Yemen, according to a U.N. spreadsheet obtained by the AP. Around $133 million was marked in the spreadsheet as “not audited.”
Why not just air drop it and bypass the dumb wrangling?
Happens every time.
_Images Both should leave and let the USA and the UK give aid.
picture of imperialistic aggression by USA and poodles EU,
Call Bloomberg. Bet he'll sponsor that country ,. NOT
How is this Yemen... How can we allow this to happen😞😞😞😞
Yemen this war will completely shut down and keep aids from coming those who really in need.
The Saudis have been saying the same thing in their 60 Minutes interview. Feels like two Yemenis tyrants are at war and no one gives a flying fck about the Yemenis children.
Article written to prop up Lise Grande, she is part of the problem and not the solution in Yemen.
Doesn’t Lise Grande know what she is doing? She is over her head and people in Yemen are starving. She has been appeasing the Iranian backed Houthis contrary to what your article says...
WHY not ask Bloomberg how much he invests to combat world hunger? The $450 million already spent on media buys would be better used to feed those living in the US, who go to bed hungry.
Saudi Arabia is causing this suffering in Yemen, and the US administration aka Trump/Pompeo is supplying/supporting them. Congress passed a bill which would end all US involvement with this genocide via Saudi. But Trump vetoed it and refuses to stop. Pompeo is en route to Saudi
Prayers for the HUMAN BEINGS suffering and for workers tirelessly trying to save them. Dear God, this and many other circumstances all over the world should tear at the very fiber of our souls. Brush off your humanity and at least speak up.
realdonaldtrump FLOTUS KellyannePolls SecPompeo DanScavino mschlapp I am sorry this is not humanly possible to watch anymore.We r against full term abortion and then we let millions of INNOCENT kids die? Please do something now. The Saudis must stop this genocide.
We humans should be ashamed of ourselves. How the fuck do we allow such dire situation to prevail on US as we mind our own personal petty businesses.
Stop with the fighting. Men.
Heartbreaking.
It should be obvious the Houthis don't have the best interest of the Yemeni people in mind. They want power, that's it. But because they oppose another tyrant, the house of Saud, they are by default categorized as rebels fighting injustice in the minds of people.
OMG.
A checked crowdfunding to save a child it's an emergency
Lord have mercy.
21 век на дворе. Не стыдно? Очередной опыт над детьми?
So sad ! This picture shows the combination of 2 terrorist governments. The Saudis soldiers with U.S guns.
Everyone should be forced to see this.
Behind the scenes, Western powers are flooding Saudi Arabia with weapons to kill yemenis
so sad, what are people fighting for? Power? for whom? can't be for people if they die of poverty and undernourishment led starvation..
The people of Yemen are screwed. The Houthis rob them and the Saudi’s bomb them.
Did not need to see this picture.
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