Statement of the Intisaf organization on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, August 21

The world celebrates the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, which claims that Member States have the primary responsibility to support victims of terrorism and uphold their rights.

It claims that the United Nations plays an important role in supporting Member States in implementing the first and fourth elements of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy through solidarity with and support for victims, capacity-building assistance, the establishment and support of networks of civil society organizations, in particular associations of victims of terrorism, and the encouragement of States Members to promote, protect and respect the rights of victims.

The statement indicated that the number of those affected by the remnants of the aggression has risen to 8,122 civilian victims, including 182 children who were killed or wounded as a result of cluster bombs and remnants of the aggression. The statement indicated that the number of displaced persons rose to 6.4 million in 15 governorates as a result of the ongoing aggression against Yemen for 8 years, and that the number of displaced families reached 740,122 families.

With regard to education, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the higher education and scientific research sector and its various institutions were exposed, during eight years of aggression and siege, to direct and indirect physical damage amounting to 727 billion 983 million 291 thousand riyals, which is approximately one billion 340 million 669 thousand dollars.

Also revealed that the cost of direct damage amounted to 188 billion and 612 million and 595 thousand riyals, while the cost of indirect damage amounted to about 538 billion and 850 million and 695 thousand riyals.

It indicated that the cost of direct and indirect damages to the Ministry of Higher Education, the Information Technology Center, the Academic Accreditation Council and the Science Museum amounted to 116 billion and 949 million and 362 thousand riyals, approximately 215 million and 376 thousand dollars, of which 5 billion riyals were direct damages, and 111 billion and 926 million costs. Indirect damages.

The statement pointed out that more than 6 million male and female students suffer from the collapse of the education system as a result of the aggression and siege, while 196,197 male and female teachers have not received their salaries regularly since 2016, which puts an additional 4 million children at risk of losing education, and the number of children who face interruption may increase. Six million children need education, while 8.1 million children need emergency educational assistance across the country.

The statement indicated that two million and 400 thousand children are out of school out of 10 million and 600 thousand of school age, and according to statistics, 31 percent of Yemeni girls are out of school as a result of the deteriorating humanitarian conditions and the inability of families to provide basic education needs. The deficit in printing textbooks annually amounted to 56 million and 615 thousand and forty-four books.

According to statistics, more than 8 million women and girls in Yemen need to provide life-saving services, and 6 million children need some form of humanitarian assistance or protection.

Estimates indicate that poverty rates have risen to about 80 percent, and out of every 10 children, more than 8 live. Children of families who do not have enough income to meet their basic needs.

The statement indicated that with the lack of available shelter options, displaced women and girls suffer most due to the lack of privacy, the threat to their safety, and the lack of access to basic services, which makes them more vulnerable and vulnerable to violence and abuse.

And noted that one out of every three displaced families is headed by women, and the girls who support 21 percent of these families are under 18 years old.

The blockade has also led to an increase in malnutrition rates, which rose during the past two years to six million people, from 3.6 million, an increase of 66 percent. More than 2.3 million children under the age of five were registered suffering from malnutrition and 632,000 children suffered from severe acute malnutrition that threatens their lives. In addition, there are more than 1.5 million pregnant and lactating women suffering from malnutrition, of whom 650,495 are moderately malnourished.

The statement added that only 51% of health facilities operate in Yemen, and nearly 70% of obstetric medicines are not available due to the blockade and the aggression coalition prevented their entry, as more than 50% of newborn deaths could be avoided if basic health care was provided. He pointed out that half of the health facilities in Yemen are operating at full capacity, while 35 percent of reproductive health centers and clinics have lost their ability to work, in addition to suffering from an acute shortage of medicines, equipment and human resources.

The organization held the aggression coalition led by America and Saudi Arabia responsible for all crimes and violations against civilians, especially women and children, calling on the international community, international organizations and human rights and humanitarian bodies to bear legal and humanitarian responsibility for the violations and heinous massacres that occur against civilians.

And it called on the free people of the world to take effective and positive action to stop the aggression and protect civilians, and to form an independent international commission to investigate all crimes committed against the Yemeni people, and to hold accountable all those found involved in them.