Yemenis continue to voice their anger towards the continued silence of the international community against flagrant Houthi violations to the United Nations-brokered Stockholm agreement and the Iran-allied group’s refusal to comply with accords on the key port city of Hodeida.
Yemenis were particularly enraged by the UN Special Envoy’s bureau issuing a statement on January 28 saying that both the internationally-recognized government and Houthis are working positively towards implementing the Stockholm agreement.
Hard facts cited by the Yemeni public show that Houthi violence is on the rise without any progress being registered on the humanitarian and prisoner exchange files, both of which were mentioned in the deal signed last December in Sweden.
Officials from the war-torn country criticized the UN envoy for being "soft" on violations staged by Houthi militias especially those undermining the Stockholm agreement.
Head of the presidential office Abdallah Alimi tweeted that loose implementation of the agreement and not holding parties impeding the deal’s realization will encourage further illicit behavior and trigger more exploitation which will eventually fail the deal.
“Nothing has changed since the arrival of General Patrick (head of the UN monitoring team Gen. Patrick Cammaert) in Yemen. We have not received a long-term mechanism to implement the agreement, while Houthis continue blocking peace efforts,” Alimi said, noting that the commitment to the deal has not been properly evaluated by the international body and the government’s efforts are going unacknowledged.
The Yemeni Minister of Religious Endowments Ahmed Attiyah, for his part, said that Houthi militias are continuously reneging on agreements set in motion, violating the Hodeida truce for example, which calls for a firmer stance against the group on behalf of the international community.
“We want, even if for once, for the United Nations to be fair and clear concerning Yemen, and name and condemn those impeding peace, ”Attiyah said.
