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UN sets up verification scheme for more commercial shipments to Yemen

Xinhua, September 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

A verification and inspection mechanism has been set up "to increase the flow of commercial goods into Yemen by sea," and a steering committee will be established to oversee the operations of the new scheme, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Thursday.

The mechanism was founded following an agreement reached by the United Nations, the Yemeni government and the Coalition, said Dujarric at a daily news briefing here.

The mechanism was proposed by the government of Yemen at the beginning of August, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in response to a request from Yemen, agreed that the United Nations would set up the verification and inspection mechanism.

"The United Nations, the Yemeni government and the Coalition have now reached agreement on the mechanism," Dujarric said. "The UN Verification and Inspection Mission (UNVIM) is now being established in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2216."

"UNVIM will apply only to commercial imports," he said. "Shipments from UN humanitarian organizations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Organization for Migration will not be subject to verification."

A steering committee which includes the UN, the government of Yemen, and the Coalition will be established to oversee the work of the Mechanism, which will be established by the UN Office of Project Service (UNOPS), the self-financing UN agency, the spokesman said. "Funding is open to all (UN) member states."

Meanwhile, aid agencies are providing medical supplies to hospitals treating people wounded by Wednesday's mosque bombing in Sana'a, the national capital of Yemen, according to the spokesman.

Information given by the World Health Organization (WHO) said 32 people were killed and about 100 wounded in the attack. Endit