The Ministry of Human Rights and the Executive Centre for Dealing with Mines in Sana’a on Tuesday held a press conference to launch the report “Cluster bombs and remnants of aggression.. war crimes and mass destruction “.
During the conference, the Minister of Human Rights of the Caretaker Government, Ali Al-Dailami, confirmed that the US-Saudi-UAE Aggression Coalition, which used cluster bombs in its war on Yemen, had caused civilian deaths and deep injuries by cutting off limbs or body parts.
He explained that the bombs in the targeting places, which were not removed, still emit strong radiation that has caused pollution of the environment, leaving serious effects on the embryos and individuals at all ages.
The conference, in the presence of representatives of the local and external media, was part of the projects of the Executive Unit of the National Vision of the Ministry of Human Rights, noting the efforts of the leadership of the Executive Centre for Dealing with Mines, which had been involved in launching a report on cluster bombs and remnants of aggression in order to make the world’s peoples aware of the crimes of the aggression coalition against civilians in the various provinces of the Republic.
According to Minister Al-Dilami, the aggression and its mercenaries do not respect the covenants and charters they have approved over the past years. He said: “It is no stranger to the coalition run by the enlargement states to breach covenants and covenants and daily violations by the Saudi regime and mercenaries of aggression in Hodeidah and the border is the best testament to this. “
The recent arrest of flights to and from Sana ‘a airport by the aggression and mercenaries was considered a flagrant violation of the rules and principles of international humanitarian law.
“Since the beginning of the military operations of the aggression coalition led by America, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against Yemen, there have been numerous direct attacks on various governorates, primarily Sa’ada province. The aggression states have deliberately violated fundamental principles of international humanitarian law, killed thousands of civilians and destroyed infrastructure under international protection, causing civilian casualties and injuries.”
Al-Dailami pointed out that the aggression States had not merely engaged in such indiscriminate attacks. and has used internationally prohibited weapons of cluster munitions frequently on Yemeni areas since the first day of large-scale aggression, which represents a continuing threat to civilians over the coming years, being vulnerable to explosion once touched by anyone, or stumbled upon them, especially children and women who did not know the danger of such bombs.
International law, which confirmed that deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian objects were war crimes. The international community had banned the use of indiscriminate attacks and cluster bombs, which caused significant loss of life and civilian casualties.
The aggression coalition States had violated the rules and provisions of international humanitarian law and international criminal law and had deliberately used cluster bombs to the widest extent in Yemen, where America, Brazil, Britain, France, Pakistan and other States had deliberately sold various weapons prohibited to the aggression coalition States, most notably cluster bombs with widespread proliferation and dangerous future effects.
“In many attacks, the aggression coalition States recognized their use of cluster munitions in Yemen before the United Nations and its bodies But the latter took no action for the victims of these bombs, It has turned a blind eye to the moment and continues to manipulate terminology and concepts, especially with regard to cluster bombs, United Nations reports, in particular the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Group of Experts, omitted to refer to crimes and violations of civilians caused by cluster bombs “.
The humanitarian situation of millions of citizens was exacerbated by the aggression coalition States’ targeting service sectors, many of which had become unsafe owing to the proliferation of cluster bombs.
According to Al-Dailami, the Mine Action Centre cleared 155 asphalt roads and 423 homes, 809 agricultural fields, 547 grazing areas, 37 reservoirs, water network, 11 networks and communication stations and 16 power stations, 3 seaports, 7 schools, institutes and 5 mosques, Five airports and 32 fishing boats, six bridges and ferries and 12 factories, Nine commercial markets, 87 transport vehicles, 15 chicken farms and nine government installations.
“There are still essential and service sectors that need clearance and clearance of cluster bombs that have been deployed in various districts and provinces, and casualties every day as a result of the explosion of the remnants of those bombs.” Many villages, towns and roads, especially agricultural and mountainous land, which had been heavily targeted by cluster bombs, continued to predict the damage of dozens of safe citizens, especially children and women, despite the efforts of the Mine Action Centre and its pursuit of simple possibilities to remove and collect large numbers of unexploded ordnance. However, the expansion of the targeting circle takes years for the Centre to remove and assemble.
The Minister of Human Rights of the Caretaker Government presented the material damage and consequences of the aggression, its targeting of civilian objects, the destruction of citizens’ homes, the destruction of their farms and property, the prevention of grazing, agriculture and access to drinking water, and its deliberate destruction and burning of infrastructure, service projects, markets, the interruption of education, health service centres, power stations, water systems and other vital installations providing direct services to citizens.
Addressing the damage and psychological effects of these bombs, and the multiple burns suffered by most survivors by exploding mines, cluster bombs and unexploded ordnance. He said: “The damage and social and economic impact of cluster bombs are testimony, including severe injuries to civilians and livestock, foetal and neonatal mutilation, chronic illnesses and fatal wounds, citizens’ obstruction of agriculture and destruction of grazing areas.”
For his part, the Director of the Executive Centre for Dealing with Mines, Brigadier General Ali Safra, revealed statistics of cluster bombs delivered by the Coalition of Aggression against Yemen, following which some 9,000 children, women and men have fallen since the beginning of the aggression, including 7,000 children.
Over the nine years, the aggression coalition had used cluster bomb weapons in some 2,000 and 932 raids. The number of cluster munitions detected and removed from the Centre’s field teams and groups had reached 3 million, 187,000 and 630 small cluster munitions deployed in most governorates with fingerprints of American, British, Brazilian and Pakistani industry, and cluster bombs fired within artillery shells and rockets.
The number and types of cluster bombs used in the war on Yemen amounted to 19, of which 11 were United States-made, two were British-made, four were Brazilian and two were Pakistani.
Brigadier-General Safra provided an overview of the efforts of the Centre’s field teams and groups in the past 15 provinces and approximately 75 districts to lift, remove and clear various types of landmines, missiles, military munitions, cluster bombs, flight missiles and modern and lethal weapons.
In nine years of aggression, Yemen had been subjected to the world’s worst humanitarian, environmental and health catastrophe, in which the most horrendous internationally prohibited weapons had been used, and Yemen had been transformed into a field of weapons testing and Western weapons modernization and development projects.
The aggression had targeted areas, populations, medicines and flood corridors with a view to deploying cluster bombs in Yemen’s regions, especially large and vast agricultural land, because of their catastrophic effects on children, women, peasants, farmers and livestock.
The Director of the Mine Action Centre stated that despite nine years of aggression, Yemenis continued to be killed and maimed daily by the indiscriminate and excessive use of cluster weapons by the US-Saudi Coalition of Aggression, documented in 19 provinces and 199 districts.
He addressed the difficulties faced by the Executive Mine Action Centre, including the suspension of United Nations support for the third consecutive month, and the difficulty faced by field teams in containing the humanitarian problem and reducing its impact and risks on citizens.
He referred to the negative effects of the various cluster bombs used in Yemen, the killings, injuries, deformities and obstruction of relief and reconstruction efforts and the threat to the lives of displaced persons, and the danger to agriculture, grazing, water sources and livestock.
Safra considered the Alliance’s massacres and use of various types of cluster and flight bombs were considered to be war crimes, crimes against humanity and a flagrant breach of the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of all international treaties and treaties adopted by international law and legitimacy.
He held Coalition States responsible for human loss, material damage, catastrophic health and environmental impacts and humanitarian consequences resulting from the large use of landmines and cluster bombs. Calls upon the international community to support the victims of mines, cluster bombs and flight bombs in Yemen, to hold the perpetrators accountable and to put an end to the appalling violations of international law perpetrated by the Coalition States against civilians.
Source: Yemen News Agency