UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism Ben Emmerson alleged that the Arab coalition was responsible for some 60 percent of deaths amongst Yemeni civilians in 2015. He further claimed that there is a scarcity of credible information about human losses amongst civilians. He cited reports issued on Yemen claiming that one-third the total strikes launched by the coalition between March 2015 and August 2016 hit civil targets including 58 hospitals. These allegations go contrary to the outcome of investigations conducted by the joint incident investigation team, an independent body evaluating war performance in Yemen. The team refutes allegations made by organisations against the Arab coalition since the launch of Saudi-led Decisive Storm and Operation Restore Hope two years ago. As per the follow-up by Al-Riyadh Arabic newspaper, sister publication of Riyadh Daily, the joint investigation team investigated all allegations made by organisations against the coalition. Only 20% of the total allegations proved to be true as an inevitable error resulting from the daily and continuous military action. It is certain that the coalition showed due keenness on targeting the places where there had been weapons and ammunitions according to confirmed information. Such places existed inside residential quarters. The coalition used guided bombs in 90% of its military operations to avoid injury of civilians. Furthermore, Emmerson claimed that the Arab coalition is in war with the Houthi militias in their capacity as Shia rebels in Yemen and accordingly the coalition dealt with them as terrorists and the coalition's military operations are classified, at least partially, as counterterrorism operations. It is clear that the UN rapporteur does not have sufficient information that the coalition forces did not deal with the Houthi and Saleh groups as Shias nor did the coalition classify them on a sectarian basis. Rather, it dealt with them as an outlawed rebellion group spreading terror and death amongst the civil society in Yemen. In his report, the rapporteur shut his eyes to the efforts exerted by the Kingdom for the benefit of the Yemeni people. Saudi Arabia prepares for rehabilitating 80 Yemeni children via the King Salman Humanitarian Center. Such children were recruited by rebels to fight in the Yemeni war. While the Houthis and Saleh' militias used children as a fighting tool, the UN kept silent in a strange way without criminalizing or even condemning such practices. The children thereafter suffered from psychological disorders and social challenges. The Kingdom pledged to rehabilitate them psychologically, socially and educationally. Additionally, King Salman Humanitarian Center is in the process of qualifying more than 500 Yemeni teachers on digital software to have access to the Yemeni children. The Center has also dedicated 70% of its efforts for the Yemeni crisis. It has delivered 120 programs in collaboration with more than 80 partners at a cost exceeding $ 581 million. As many as six hospitals in Yemen were supported. This apart from the support extended to humanitarian activities in 8 governorates for providing nutritional care to neonatal babies and mothers. Moreover, the occupancy of hospitals in the southern borders by injured Yemenis reached 50%. Meanwhile, two health centres have been established in Djibouti for Yemeni refugees. King Salman Humanitarian Center efforts included all Yemenis In its reports, the UN has disregarded the fact that Kingdom does not treat Yemenis on its territories as refugees. Rather, Saudi Arabia deals with them as visitors. Nowadays, there are more than 500000 Yemeni visitors in the Kingdom while King Salman Center looked after the Yemenis inside their country as well as those visiting the Kingdom and those in neighbourly countries, such as Djibouti, and implemented programs for potable water in 15 Yemeni governorates. Besides, the coalition forces exerted efforts by their planes pouring relief materials and foodstuffs inside the sieged areas and were successful in lifting the siege from such areas. The Kingdom succeeded in supplying more than 90% of the humanitarian, relief and medical assistance to beneficiaries in Yemen. The Kingdom delivered more than 300000 food baskets in Sanaa. The Center has been keen on covering all Yemeni governorates without exception. Moreover, the Kingdom announced in the Geneva conference an additional donation worth $150 million to support the projects of King Salman Center as well as $ 100 million allocated by the beginning of the current year in support of relief efforts in Yemen. The Center collaborated with the UNICEF inaugurating numerous centres and formed 29 teams executing more than 2800 tasks of reaching out remote areas. Treatment was provided to 8111 malnutrition children and Vitamin A was dispensed to 73000 children while 41000 children under the age of 5 years were provided with powdered nutritional complements/supplements. As many as 3153 health professionals were trained in Dhali and Shabwa cities on community medical management of acute malnutrition. The Center also inaugurated 854 nutritional cure centres and spread 114 new roaming/mobile teams all over Yemen to treat 258067 children suffering from acute malnutrition. In the field of health, the Center supported 5 integrated programs covering vaccination and reproductive health, care of pregnant women and post-natal care in addition to the checkup of 1221811 children, vaccination of 261000, 229756 and 409037 children respectively against several diseases. Pregnant and breastfeeding women were also covered with the care provided by the Center. Statistics showing the assistance extended by the Kingdom include the following: Dengue Fever was dealt with via early warning system for diseases in1242 health centres in 212 directorates, 2500 health professionals were trained with emergency response teams, and hotlines were open round the clock. In addition, 12 million vaccines were provided. Moreover, the coalition provided fuel for operating the basic services. Ben Emmerson also turned closed eyes to the demands of Yemenis and their legitimate government for the necessity of subjecting Hudaida Port to the surveillance of the UN rather than keeping it operated by the rebels in the presence of UN inspectors who facilitate the tasks of rebels and pay them levies and even help them steal the humanitarian and relief materials. The foregoing is just a tip of the iceberg of aids extended by the Saudi-led coalition and by the Kingdom to their Yemeni brothers
