Sana'a - Saba:
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Jamal Amer sent a letter of protest to the President of the United Nations General Assembly and the President of the UN Security Council for the month of April 2025, as well as to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, copying it to all countries around the world and international and regional organizations regarding the ongoing US aggression against Yemen, now in its second month.In his letter, Minister Amer emphasized that the barbaric US aggression against the Republic of Yemen, which continues for the second consecutive month, sends a message to the international community that Washington disregards international law and the UN Charter, and is reverting to the nineteenth century, when colonialism was committing its most heinous crimes in many countries around the world.
He explained that the US airstrikes on Yemen have no legitimate or legal basis. Rather, they are intended to destroy all forms of the Yemeni people's resources and kill innocent civilians, as punishment for their refusal to accept the ongoing war crimes and genocide perpetrated by the Zionist entity against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, forcing them to emigrate and uproot them from their land.
The Foreign Minister emphasized that the United States is targeting economic facilities, both private and public, with the intent of inflicting the greatest harm on all segments of the Yemeni people. The latest example was its attack in the early hours of Friday, April 18, 2025, on the civilian Ras Isa oil port. This attack aimed to deprive the population of fuel, which would halt the movement of citizens, halt the operation of hospitals, water and sewage stations, and exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in the Republic of Yemen.
He pointed out that the United States not only targeted Ras Isa port, which resulted in the death and injury of hundreds of civilians, but also committed a full-fledged war crime by re-targeting paramedics treating victims of the military operation, in flagrant violation of international law. This underscores the duty to respect and protect medical transport, as stipulated in Article 35 of the First Geneva Convention and Article 21 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Article 21 of Additional Protocol I expands this duty to cover civilian medical transport, in addition to military medical transport, under all circumstances. This expansion is widely supported by states' practices.
He said, "It generally refers to medical transports without distinguishing between military and civilian transports, or provides for protection for both, and is also supported by states that are not, or were not, at the time, parties to Additional Protocol I. He added that, under the Statute of the International Criminal Court, intentionally directing attacks against "medical units and transport using the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions in conformity with international law" constitutes a war crime in international armed conflicts."
Minister Amer also affirmed that the Republic of Yemen remains committed to the rules of international law and the UN Charter, including international agreements related to the freedom and protection of international navigation in the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea, and that the only targets being targeted are the ships of the Zionist entity until it halts its barbaric aggression on the Gaza Strip and allows the uninterrupted entry of humanitarian aid, medicine, food, and fuel.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates concluded his message by calling on the UN Security Council, the UN General Assembly, and all member states to work to preserve the remaining prestige of international law and the UN Charter in the face of the US aggression against the Republic of Yemen, and to affirm its right to self-defense by targeting US military targets in the region.