RIYADH – Saudi Arabia has agreed to implement three executive programs worth over $156 million aimed at extending humanitarian aid to Yemen. Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, adviser at the royal court and general supervisor of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Work, signed the agreements with three United Nations agencies at the center headquarters here on Thursday. The programs will be implemented by the World Food Program (WFP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Saudi Press Agency reported. An agreement worth $142.8 million was signed with Amiro da Silva, assistant executive director of WFP, to deliver food supplies Yemenis displaced by the ongoing conflict in the country. Around 13 million peopel will benefit from the program. Al-Rabeeah signed a second program worth $5.82 million with FAO representative Abubakr Muhammad. Under the deal, FAO will provide food grain seeds, agricultural tools, fertilizers, fishing nets, refrigerated containers, engines for fishing boats and fodder to farmers in Yemen. Al-Rabeeah signed another agreement, valued at $8 million, with OCHA official to support humanitarian initiatives in the strife-torn country. According to the agreement, OCHA will coordinate humanitarian work by providing support to donor countries, opening safe corridors for aid delivery and giving proper evaluation of the humanitarian situation in the country.
