Imali eyongezelelekileyo ifuneka ngokukhawuleza ukunciphisa ukubandezeleka koluntu eYemen kodwa uncedo lulodwa alunandawo yokuvuselela iinzame zokuzisa uxolo, utshilo u-Oxfam namhlanje njengoko abaphathiswa baya kuhlangana eGeneva ngomso kwisiganeko esiphakamileyo sokuthembisa. IZizwe eziManyeneyo zinethemba lokuphakamisa i-US I-2.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ukuhambisa uncedo olusindisa ubomi e-Yemen kodwa isibheno - esijoliswe ukubonelela ngoncedo olubalulekileyo kubantu abazizigidi ze-12 - kuphela ipesenti ze-14 ezixhaswa nge-18 ngo-Epreli. Ngokutsho kwe-UN, iYemen ibe yeyona ngxaki imbi kakhulu emhlabeni. Phantse abantu abazizigidi ezisixhenxe bathwaxwa yindlala.
Ngelixa uncedo lufuneka ngamandla ukusindisa ubomi ngoku, abantu abaninzi ngakumbi baya kufa ngaphandle kokuba i-de-facto blockade iphakanyisiwe kwaye amandla amakhulu ayeke ukukhuthaza ungquzulwano kwaye endaweni yoko abeke uxinzelelo macala onke ukuba alandele uxolo. Ungquzulwano lweminyaka emibini ukuza kuthi ga ngoku lubulale abantu abangaphezu kwe-7,800, lunyanzele abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-3 kumakhaya abo kwaye lushiye abantu abazizigidi ezili-18.8 - iipesenti ezingama-70 zabemi - befuna uncedo loluntu. Amazwe aliqela, kubandakanya i-US, i-UK, iSpain, iFransi, iJamani, iCanada, i-Australia kunye ne-Italiya, baya kulo msitho ngelixa beqhubeka nokuthengisa izixhobo ezixabisa iibhiliyoni zeedola kunye nezixhobo zasemkhosini kumaqela akungquzulwano. Kwaye ingxaki yokutya yase-Yemen ingaba nzima ngakumbi ukuba uluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe aluthumeli umyalezo ocacileyo wokuba uhlaselo olunokwenzeka oluchasene ne-Al-Hudaydah, indawo yokungena ekuqikelweni kwe-70 yeepesenti yokutya okuvela ngaphandle kwe-Yemen, ayiyi kwamkeleka ngokupheleleyo.
USajjad Mohamed Sajid, uMlawuli weLizwe we-Oxfam eYemen, uthe: “Iindawo ezininzi zaseYemen zisemngciphekweni wendlala, kwaye unobangela wale ndlala iqatha yezopolitiko. Eso sisityholo esiqatha seenkokeli zehlabathi kodwa ikwalithuba lokwenene—zinamandla okuphelisa ukubandezeleka.
“Abaxhasi kufuneka babeke izandla zabo epokothweni kwaye baxhase ngokupheleleyo isibongozo sokuthintela ukusweleka kwabantu ngoku. Kodwa ngelixa uncedo luya kubonelela ngesiqabu esamkelekileyo aluyi kupholisa amanxeba emfazwe angunobangela wentlungu yaseYemen. Abaxhasi bamazwe ngamazwe kufuneka bayeke ukuphembelela ungquzulwano, bakwenze kucace ukuba indlala ayisosixhobo esamkelekileyo semfazwe kwaye bacinezele macala omabini ukuba baqalise iingxoxo zoxolo kwakhona.”
I-Yemen ibijongene nengxaki yoluntu nangaphambi koku kunyuka kwamva nje kungquzulwano kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kodwa izibheno ezilandelelanayo zeYemen ziye zaxhaswa ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ngokulandelelana kweepesenti ze-58 kunye neepesenti ze-62 kwi-2015 kunye ne-2016, elingana ne-$ 1.9 yezigidigidi kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo. Kwelinye icala, ngaphezulu kwe-10 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi zeentengiso zezixhobo zenziwa kumaqela alwayo ukusukela ngo-2015, ngokuphindwe kahlanu inani le-Yemen 2017 isibheno se-UN.
I-Oxfam ikwamemelela abaxhasi kunye nee-arhente zamazwe ngamazwe ukuba babuyele elizweni kwaye bandise iinzame zabo, ukuphendula le ngxaki inkulu yobuntu ngaphambi kokuba kube kudala.
1. Inani labantu abanesidingo ngenxa yengxabano yaseYemen iyaqhubeka nokunyuka, kodwa impendulo yoncedo lwamazwe ngamazwe ayiphumelelanga ukugcina. Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe kratya malunga nokuba ngabaphi oorhulumente abanikelayo abatsala ubunzima babo, kwaye bengekho, Khuphela uHlahlelo lwethu lweSabelo esiLungileyo, “iYemen ikwincam yendlala”
2. I-Oxfam ifikelele kubantu abangaphezu kwesigidi kwiirhuluneli ezisibhozo zaseYemen ngamanzi kunye neenkonzo zococeko, uncedo lwemali, iivawutsha zokutya kunye nolunye uncedo oluyimfuneko ukususela ngoJulayi 2015. Yenza umnikelo ngoku kwisibheno saseYemen saseOxfam
