In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

The House of Representatives' Initiative Concerning

The Current Situation in Yemen

Due to the catastrophic humanitarian conditions, sustained with suffering by

Yemenis threaten their life with a looming famine with as many as 17 million persons
gripped with food insecurity and another 7 million are at risk of potential famine. The
life of 462,000 children is similarly at grave risk due to acute malnutrition.

The risk of famine in Yemen, in the wording of a statement issued by the

incumbent president of the UN Security Council, is deemed as the largest emergency
related to food security worldwide. All of this reflects the extremely grave
humanitarian crisis in the country brought about by war and military actions on the
ground with the result being devastating effects. Thousands of civilians, mostly
children, women and elderly, have lost their lives to this war and tens of thousands
sustained injuries, some of which are critical. In the meantime, the country's basic
infrastructures have been demolished including ports, airports, roads, bridges,
factories, farms, water wells, hospitals, health centers, schools, universities, power
stations, communication facilities, private sector institutions, firms and government
establishments as well as other structures mentioned in reports and statistics
published by a number of local and international humanitarian, human rights and
relief organizations. These include:

- World Food Program

- UNICEF
- OCHA, and
- World Health Organization.

This deplorable situation is further aggravated by the outbreaks of fatal diseases

such as cholera which has prematurely ended the life of more than 1,700 persons and
about 297,483 suspected cases in 288 districts in 22 governorates in Yemen that have
been reported as of 20 July 2017. In addition, around 16 million Yemenis do not have
adequate access to water, sanitation and hygiene services which render them
extremely vulnerable to become victims to cholera under the lack of resources to
control and roll back these life-threating disease.

The Yemeni House of Representatives, in response to calls and initiatives launched

by a number of brotherly and friendly countries as well as international and
humanitarian organizations which underscore the need to keep Yemen united, stop all
military actions, end land, see and air blockade imposed on Yemen as well as the call
to resume inclusive and constructive dialogue.

In line with the contents included in statements issued by the Security Council, the
briefings delivered by the United Nations Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs,
Mr. Steven O'Brien and more particularly the SC statement presented by its President
in session No (7974) convened on 15 June 2017 which called upon all parties to
resume a comprehensive political process and stressed the need to keep all Yemeni
ports operational as being an extremely important lifeline to the flow of humanitarian
aid and other basis supplies, and the SC's commitment, reiterated in this statement, to
Yemen's unity, sovereignty, independence and its territorial integrity.

From the historic responsibility of the House of Representatives towards the

Yemeni people with all of its political spectra as it represents all people inside and
outside Yemen. The House presents the initiative described as follow:

1. All parties are called upon to stop the war and all military actions and to end
land, sea and air blockade imposed on Yemen.

2. The United Nations are called upon to put in place an adequate mechanism to
monitor progress of work in all land entry points, ports and airports in all areas
in Yemen with no exception with the view to ensure that revenues are collected
and deposited with the Central Bank of Yemen in order to deliver on all
government commitments including release of salaries of public employees,
provision of food and medicine supplies, dealing with the looming fatal
outbreaks that destroy the life of many Yemenis in different governorates
nationwide.

3. The Security Council is invited to assume its humanitarian and legal role by
revoking all decisions and actions taken during the past period which have torn
apart national cohesion, compromised food and health stability with the result
being fragmentation of Yemen as a united country and dissipation of state
public revenues, sovereignty and stability of Yemen.

4. The concerned parties are called upon to embark on constructive and inclusive
dialogue without pre-conditions and under international monitoring in the lead
up to fair political solution as the only way to sustained peace and stability in
Yemen as well as to genuine national and political partnership.

In conclusion, the House of Representatives call upon all parties to put the supreme
interest of the nation over and above all other petty interests and projects and to
tolerate and accept the other in order to put an end to the unconscionable amount of
suffering of Yemenis as a result of the destructive scourge of war, stifling siege and
fatal epidemics.