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Fath heads to New York for peace symposium

[18/08/2017 07:19]

NEW YORK-SABA
Minister of Local Administration and the Head of the Supreme Relief Committee AbdulraqeebFath headed on Friday to New York for participation in a symposium entitled " Yemen's Crisis: the Path to the Sustainable Peace."

Organized by Yemeni and Saudi missions in the UN, the symposium will be held on the 21st of this August in the UN's headquarter here.

Fath will deliver a speech in a workshop entitled the "Humanitarian Situation, Efforts of the UN in Handing over Aid," on humanitarian situation and the process of relief.

Talking to Saba, Fath said he will present detailed review on all violations committed by Houthi-Saleh's militias against Yemeni people and documented reports on continuous violations regarding relief and humanitarian activities and abducting relief trucks, as well as targeting ships carrying relief aid in Hodeida Port and threatening international navigation.

Organizing the symposium, which will be participated by a number of law figures and concerned bodies, coincides the International Day for Humanitarian Activities marking 19 of August, said Fath.