Yemen War Powers Coalition Letter

Yemen War Powers Coalition Kalata kwa Mamembala a Congress, Wolemba Osaina, Epulo 21, 2022

April 20, 2022 

Okondedwa a Congress, 

Ife, mabungwe adziko lonse omwe adasaina, tikulandira uthenga wokondwa kuti zipani zomenyana ku Yemen zagwirizana kuti zigwirizane ndi dziko lonse kwa miyezi iwiri, kuletsa ntchito zankhondo, kuchotsa mafuta oletsa mafuta, ndikutsegula bwalo la ndege la Sana'a kuti likhale ndi malonda. Poyesera kulimbikitsa chigwirizanochi ndikulimbikitsanso Saudi Arabia kuti ikhalebe pagome lokambirana, tikukulimbikitsani kuti mupereke mgwirizano ndikuthandizira poyera Oyimilira Jayapal ndi DeFazio's War Powers Resolution yomwe ikubwera kuti athetse asilikali a US kutenga nawo mbali pa nkhondo ya Saudi yomwe ikutsogoleredwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen. 

Marichi 26, 2022, idakhala chiyambi cha chaka chachisanu ndi chitatu cha nkhondo yotsogozedwa ndi Saudi ndikutsekereza ku Yemen, zomwe zathandizira kufa kwa anthu pafupifupi theka la milioni ndikukankhira mamiliyoni ena ku njala. Ndi thandizo lankhondo laku US, Saudi Arabia idakulitsa kampeni yake yolanga anthu aku Yemen m'miyezi yaposachedwa, ndikupanga kuyambika kwa 2022 kukhala imodzi mwanthawi zowopsa kwambiri zankhondo. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, zigawenga za ndege za Saudi zomwe zimayang'ana kumalo osungira anthu osamukira kwawo komanso njira zolumikizirana zofunika kwambiri zidapha anthu wamba 90, kuvulala opitilira 200, ndikuyambitsa kuzimitsa kwa intaneti padziko lonse lapansi. 

Ngakhale tikutsutsa kuphwanya kwa Houthi, patatha zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zakuchita nawo mwachindunji komanso mosadziwika bwino pankhondo ya Yemen, United States iyenera kusiya kupereka zida, zida zosinthira, ntchito zosamalira, komanso thandizo lazachuma ku Saudi Arabia kuonetsetsa kuti chigwirizano chakanthawi chikutsatiridwa ndipo mwachiyembekezo, kukulitsa mgwirizano wamtendere wokhalitsa. 

Mgwirizanowu wakhudza kwambiri vuto la anthu ku Yemen, koma akuluakulu a UN akuchenjeza kuti mamiliyoni akufunikabe thandizo lachangu. Ku Yemen lero, anthu pafupifupi 20.7 miliyoni akusowa thandizo lothandizira kuti apulumuke, ndipo mpaka 19 miliyoni Yemenis alibe chakudya chokwanira. Lipoti latsopano likusonyeza kuti ana 2.2 miliyoni osakwanitsa zaka zisanu akuyembekezeka kudwala matenda osowa zakudya m'thupi m'chaka cha 2022 ndipo akhoza kufa popanda chithandizo chachangu. 

Nkhondo ku Ukraine yangowonjezera mikhalidwe yothandiza anthu ku Yemen popangitsa kuti chakudya chikhale chosowa. Yemen imatumiza 27% ya tirigu kuchokera ku Ukraine ndi 8% kuchokera ku Russia. UN inanena kuti Yemen ikhoza kuwona kuti njala ikuwonjezeka "kasanu" mu theka lachiwiri la 2022 chifukwa cha kusowa kwa tirigu kunja kwa tirigu. 

Malinga ndi malipoti ochokera ku UNFPA ndi Yemeni Relief and Reconstruction Fund, mkanganowu wabweretsa zotsatira zoyipa kwambiri kwa amayi ndi ana aku Yemeni. Mayi amamwalira maola awiri aliwonse chifukwa cha zovuta za mimba ndi pobereka, ndipo kwa mkazi aliyense amene amamwalira pobereka, ena 20 amavulala zomwe zingathe kupewedwa, matenda, ndi kulemala kosatha. 

Mu february 2021, Purezidenti Biden adalengeza kutha kwa US kutenga nawo gawo pakuchita zokhumudwitsa za mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen. Komabe United States ikupitilizabe kupereka zida zosinthira, kukonza, komanso kuthandizira ndege zankhondo zaku Saudi. Oyang'anirawo sanafotokoze chomwe "chokhumudwitsa" komanso "chodzitchinjiriza" chinali, ndipo chavomereza madola biliyoni pakugulitsa zida, kuphatikiza ma helikoputala atsopano ndi zida zoponya ndege. Thandizoli likutumiza uthenga wopanda chilango ku mgwirizano wotsogozedwa ndi Saudi chifukwa chophulitsa bomba ndikuzinga Yemen.

Oimira Jayapal ndi DeFazio posachedwapa adalengeza mapulani awo oyambitsa ndi kupititsa chisankho chatsopano cha Yemen War Powers kuthetsa kusaloleka kwa US kunkhondo yankhanza ya Saudi Arabia. Izi ndizofunikira kwambiri kuposa kale kuti tipitirizebe kulimbikitsa mgwirizano wa miyezi iwiri komanso kupewa kubwerera m'mbuyo poletsa thandizo la US pazankhondo zomwe zangoyambikanso. Opanga malamulowo adalemba kuti, "Monga phungu, Purezidenti Biden adalonjeza kuti athetsa kuthandizira pankhondo yotsogozedwa ndi Saudi ku Yemen pomwe ambiri omwe tsopano akutumikira ngati akuluakulu aboma lake adapempha mobwerezabwereza kuti aletse ntchito zomwe US ​​ikuchita zomwe zimathandizira Saudi. Kuukira koyipa kwa Arabia. Tikuwapempha kuti akwaniritse zomwe adalonjeza. " 

Congress iyenera kutsimikiziranso mphamvu zake zankhondo za Article I, kuthetsa kulowererapo kwa US kunkhondo yaku Saudi Arabia ndikutsekereza, ndikuchita zonse zomwe zingatheke kuti zithandizire ku Yemen. Mabungwe athu akuyembekeza kukhazikitsidwa kwa Yemen War Powers Resolution. Tikukulimbikitsani mamembala onse a Congress kuti "ayi" kunkhondo yankhanza ya Saudi Arabia pothetsa kuthandizira konse kwa US pankhondo yomwe yadzetsa kukhetsa magazi ndi kuzunzika kwa anthu. 

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