last January , 30 killed & Injured By Projectiles of Remnants of Aggression

The projectiles of remnants of the US-Saudi-UAE aggression killed and injured 30 citizens last January, in the provinces of Hodeida and Jawf, Sa’ada, Sana’a and Nehm District.

The Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre (YEMAC) in a statement, SABA received a copy that the projectiles of aggression remnants caused 14 citizens to be killed and injured 16, including killing and injuring 14 children.

During the first three days of February, the Centre documented 10 casualties killed and injured in the contaminated governorates with a number of aggression forces remnants.

The Centre expressed its strong condemnation of the aggression coalition States’ intransigence and their denial of access to the necessary equipment to clear areas contaminated by the remnants of aggression used by the US-Saudi coalition in a number of provinces excessively, causing daily casualties.

Considering the aggression coalition’s continued denial of entry to the equipments a grave violation, obstruction of humanitarian access and prevention of the return of displaced persons to their areas as stipulated in international conventions, Additional protocols, including those contained in article “6” of the “Ottawa” Convention, which considers the coalition obliged to facilitate and exchange equipment, materials and scientific and technological information; as it is humanitarian equipment, used for humanitarian work.

The statement drew attention to Articles No. “3-7-8” of Protocol V to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons, could be considered excessively injurious or indiscriminate, and the absence of preventive measures for the protection of civilians during conflict and after conflict, namely, to prevent the entry of detectors.

The Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre renewed the invitation to the United Nations Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, and Head of the United Nations Mission in Support of the Hodeida agreement General Michael Perry, and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen to play their role in providing equipment contributing to the rescue of civilians from children and women, and securing their livelihoods and freedom of safe movement for all Yemenis between areas and governorates contaminated by remnants of aggression.

The Centre held the Coalition of Aggression fully responsible for imposing measures to prevent the entry of equipments and the continued loss of civilian life as a result of their use of such weapons, which pose a threat to civilian life and have caused devastating damage to citizens’ property in a number of provinces.