Department for International Development<p>The UK has continuously led the call for unhindered humanitarian and commercial access throughout Yemen, including through the UK-coordinated Security Council Statement of 15 March, the Secretary of State’s visit to Riyadh in December and lobbying from the Prime Minister. The UK is also providing expertise and funding to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to facilitate import flows into northern Yemen. We are lobbying other donors to support UNVIM to facilitate imports of vital goods into the country.</p>North East BedfordshireAlistair Burt2018-06-06false2018-06-06T15:33:34.513Z20International DevelopmentInternational Development2018-06-01Yemen: Ports1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to help ensure humanitarian and commercial access to all sea and air ports in Yemen.falseBristol WestThangam Debbonaire148870Department for International Development<p>The UK is providing £1.3 million to help the UN’s Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) facilitate commercial imports of food and fuel through the Red Sea ports of Hodeidah and Saleef by giving the Saudi-led Coalition confidence that weapons are not coming into Yemen on commercial ships.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this financial support, we have also deployed UK experts to support the inspections of ships in Djibouti, increasing the proportion of physical inspections ten-fold.</p>North East BedfordshireAlistair Burt2018-07-09false2018-07-09T15:07:04.66Z20International DevelopmentInternational Development2018-07-02Yemen: Ports1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to improve the effectiveness of the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen.falseBristol WestThangam Debbonaire15964910012