Yemen, UNHCR review works on "Mizraq III"

SANA'A, Jan. 02 (Saba) - Yemen and the UN
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reviewed here on Saturday the ongoing works
to implement
"Mizarq III" camp for the Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Hajjah governorate.
Public Health and Population Minister Abdul-Karim Rase'a discussed with the UNHCR
representative in Yemen Claire Bourgeois means to speed up the implementation
works, asserting
the importance of outfitting the camp with the necessary basic services and provide
the IDPs in and out the camp with the required foodstuffs.
The comp is being implemented by the UNHCR in collaboration with Islamic Relief
organization.
Noteworthy, the "Mizraq II" inaugurated on November 26 was outfitted under the
finance and supervision of the UEA Red Crescent in collaboration with the al-Saleh
Foundation
for Social Development.
The "Mizraq II" established under international standards contains 1000 tents could
accommodate 7,000 IDPs. The camp was provided with all basic service, including
medical,
educational ones and a central kitchen could serve more than 20,000 meals daily.
According to the UN mission, there are more than 160,000 IDPs due to the recent
confrontations between the army and rebels.
The Houthi rebels have been launching sporadic wars against the troops since 2004.
Thousands of people, soldiers and insurgents have been killed in Saada province,
which
located close to border with Saudi Arabia, after the rebel group was founded by
rebel leader Hussein al-Houthi.
Hussein, the eldest brother of the current group leader Abdul-Malik, was killed by
the army in September 2004.
The Yemeni government accuses the Houthi group of trying to reinstall the rule of
imams, which was toppled by a republican revolution in northern Yemen in 1962.
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