SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO YEMEN MOHAMMED BIN ALI AL-HAMDAN HANDED A CHECK OF $ 500,000 TO QASSEM AHMED AL-A'JAM, MINISTER OF STATE, CABINET'S MEMBER AND CHAIRMAN OF YEMENI NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR DEMINING DURING A MEETING HERE TODAY. THE SUM REPRESENTS THE SECOND TRANCHE OF THE SECOND PHASE AMOUNTING TO $ 1.5 MILLION. THE KINGDOM HAS SUBMITTED $ 4 MILLION TO THE PROGRAM SINCE 2003. IN A STATEMENT TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY (SPA), THE AMBASSADOR WISHED THE PROGRAM ALL SUCCESS, CALLING FOR ITS ACCELERATION TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM DANGERS OF MINES WHICH HAVE CAUSED DISABILITY, INJURY AND SUFFERING TO A LARGE NUMBER OF YEMENIS.