The United Nations Mission to support the Hodeida Agreement (UNMHA) has reported the deaths of 20 civilians in 13 incidents related to landmines and explosive remnants of war in Hodeida province during August. This information was provided in an update from the UN mission regarding mine clearance efforts in the coastal province. According to UNMHA, this number of casualties "represents a 26 percent decrease compared to the same period last year and a 122 percent increase compared to the previous month." Hodeida is considered one of the most mine-contaminated provinces in Yemen. It witnessed a significant number of casualties, both fatalities and injuries over the past years. The government and human rights organizations accuse the Iran-backed Houthis of planting approximately two million mines in various parts of the country.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reiterated its commitment to ending the war in Yemen and achieving a comprehensive political solution, as well as supporting international and UN efforts to reach a political solution based on the three references, the Saudi Foreign Minister, Faisal bin Farhan, said in a speech at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He emphasized the kingdom's determination "to work towards political solutions that will restore security and stability to Yemen and eliminate threats to the Kingdom and the region."
On Sunday, the demining MASAM Project announced that its field teams had cleared 866 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices during the third week of September, bringing the total removed since the beginning of the month to 2,617. Since the launch of the MASAM project from June 2018 until September 22 of the current year, MASAM teams have cleared 416,360 mines, unexploded ordnance, and explosive devices planted over the past years of war in Yemen.
Yemen's Minister of Water and Environment, Engineer Tawfiq Al-Sharjabi, signed an agreement on Sunday with the Deputy Director of the Kuwaiti Direct Aid Organization to implement a project to drill ten wells to a depth of 360 meters in the Bir Ahmed field in Al-Buraiqah district in Aden. According to the state-run Saba news agency, the project's cost is $1.5 million, funded by Kuwait. Al-Sharjabi said this project will replace several old wells with new ones equipped with modern specifications.
Rashad Al-Alimi, the President of the Presidential Council, has concluded his high-level discussions in New York City as part of the annual United Nations General Assembly meetings. Al-Alimi held bilateral meetings and high-level discussions with government officials and regional and international diplomats on the sidelines of the General Assembly's yearly meetings. He also held an open meeting with leaders and representatives of the Yemeni community in the United States, according to the official Saba news agency.
