The Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al-Zaouri, discussed today, in the capital, Aden, with the Directors of International Cooperation in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the World Bank (Mr. Joost Moleman, Head of Cooperation, European Union, and Mr. Charles Harper, Director of Development, United Kingdom). Mr. Aymeric Bovilin - Deputy Head of Mission, France, Ms. Marcela Masiarek, Head of Cooperation, Germany, Mr. Andreas Slordal, First Secretary, Norway, and Ms. Marek Wierda, Head of Cooperation UNDP, Netherlands and Ms. Dina Abu Ghaida, Director of the Yemen Office, World Bank Group), ways to enhance cooperation programs, joint cooperation and improve development support.

At the beginning of the meeting, which was attended by the undersecretaries and general directors of the Ministry’s General Office and the executive directors of the Disabled and Social Welfare Funds, Minister Al-Zaouri welcomed the European delegation, the United Kingdom and the World Bank, praising the importance of the pivotal role of the European Union countries, the United Kingdom and the World Bank in cooperation with the Yemeni government, especially in light of The exceptional circumstances that the country is going through by expanding the scope of cooperation programs and choosing the most sustainable interventions and activities in line with national priorities..

Minister Al-Zaouri appreciated the humanitarian and development roles and interventions of the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the World Bank in our country to confront the repercussions of the Houthi militia’s coup against legitimate state institutions and the resulting threat to international peace and security, including the escalation of their terrorist attacks on international shipping lines in the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, and the Gulf. Aden and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, as well as their attacks on oil and gas export ports in areas under the control of the internationally recognized legitimate government, which affected This is economically and directly affecting the weakest and poorest groups, people with disabilities, and the displaced, and even obstructing development programs... calling for a reconsideration of the mechanisms for implementing humanitarian interventions in Yemen to confront the destructive policy practiced by the terrorist Houthi militias.

During the meeting, Minister Al-Zaouri reviewed the Ministry’s efforts during the past period, as it prepared the National Strategy for Social Protection, the Strategy for Care of the Elderly, programs to combat multidimensional poverty, and the implementation of the National Plan for the Protection of Vulnerable Children, the National Plan for the Development of Women Working in the Private Sector, and the second phase of the National Plan. To implement Council Resolution No. 1325 on women, security and peace and other ambitious national programs and plans, looking forward to common points to achieve all the goals that the Ministry seeks to achieve... Noting that the Ministry has worked to improve Work methods and simplification of all procedures towards organizations and strengthened partnership with all institutions and civil society organizations to implement programs and projects in the humanitarian and development aspects and enhance opportunities for security, peace and development.

For their part, the directors of international cooperation in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the World Bank praised the efforts made by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor despite the difficult circumstances and scarce capabilities... stressing the continuation of providing support and cooperation with the Ministry.