Guterres condemns attack on Abu Dhabi airport and oil facility

According to quality agencies, the drone onslaught targeting an lipid installation successful the superior of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) killed 3 people. The onslaught astatine the city’s planetary airdrome sparked a fire. 

Several were besides wounded, reportedly suffering insignificant to mean injuries.

‘No subject solution’

In his statement, António Guterres, reminded that attacks connected civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited by planetary humanitarian law.

The Secretary-General besides called connected each parties progressive successful Yemen’s astir six twelvemonth conflict, to workout maximum restraint and forestall immoderate escalation amid heightened tensions successful the region. 

“There is nary subject solution to the struggle successful Yemen”, helium reiterated, arsenic the UN has noted since the opening of the warfare successful 2015. 

In that year, warring intensified betwixt a Saudi-led conjugation backing the internationally-recognized Government – which includes the UAE - based successful the south, and the Houthi equipped movement, which inactive controls the superior Sana’a. 

Mr. Guterres besides urged the parties to prosecute “constructively and without preconditions” with his Special Envoy, Hans Grundberg, and his mediation efforts to beforehand the governmental process and scope a broad negotiated colony to extremity the conflict. 

‘Genuine governmental will’ is key

Just past week, the Special Envoy told the Security Council that “genuine governmental will, liable enactment and adherence to the involvement of the full colonisation is needed” to extremity the warring and forge a lasting peace. 

In the meantime, the humanitarian situation remains the worst successful the world.

Currently, much than fractional the Yemeni colonisation – immoderate 16.2 cardinal radical – look acute hunger and 2.3 cardinal children nether five, hazard malnutrition.

Back successful December, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned that it is running retired of funds to proceed providing nutrient assistance to 13 cardinal Yemenis.

The bureau said that, starting successful January, 8 cardinal who were going bare successful Yemen would person a reduced nutrient ration, portion 5 cardinal others who were astatine contiguous hazard of slipping into famine, would stay connected a afloat ration.

WFP needs $813 cardinal to proceed to assistance the astir susceptible successful Yemen done May.