Incwadi ye-Yemen War Powers Coalition

I-Yemen War Powers Coalition Letter eya kumalungu eCongress, Ngalabo Abasayinwe Ngaphansi, Ephreli 21, 2022

April 20, 2022 

Malungu Athandekayo KaKhongolose, 

Thina, izinhlangano zikazwelonke ezisayiniswe ngezansi, siyazamukela izindaba zokuthi amaqembu alwayo e-Yemen avumelene isivumelwano sezinyanga ezimbili ezweni lonke, ukumisa ukusebenza kwezempi, ukususa imikhawulo kaphethiloli, nokuvula isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Sana'a ukuze singene kwezentengiselwano. Emzamweni wokuqinisa lesi sivumelwano nokuqhubeka nokugqugquzela i-Saudi Arabia ukuthi ihlale etafuleni lezingxoxo, siyakunxusa ukuthi uhlanganyele futhi usekele esidlangalaleni Abamele i-Jayapal kanye ne-DeFazio's War Powers Resolution ezayo yokuqeda ukuhlanganyela kwezempi yase-US empini yomfelandawonye oholwa yi-Saudi e-Yemen. 

Ngomhla zingama-26 kuNdasa wezi-2022, kwaphawula ukuqala konyaka wesishiyagalombili wempi eholwa yiSaudi Arabia kanye nokuvinjwa kweYemen, okusize ukubangela ukufa kwabantu abacishe babe ingxenye yesigidi futhi kwacindezela izigidi ezengeziwe onqenqemeni lwendlala. Ngokusekelwa okuqhubekayo kwezempi yase-US, iSaudi Arabia yandisa umkhankaso wayo wokujezisa ngokuhlanganyela abantu baseYemen ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, okwenza ukuqala kuka-2022 kube esinye sezikhathi eziyingozi kakhulu zempi. Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, ukuhlasela kwezindiza zaseSaudi eziqondise endaweni yokuvalelwa kwabokufika kanye nengqalasizinda yezokuxhumana ebalulekile kwabulala okungenani izakhamizi ezingama-90, kwalimala abangaphezu kuka-200, futhi kwabangela ukuvalwa kwe-inthanethi ezweni lonke. 

Nakuba sikugxeka ukwephulwa kwemithetho yamaHouthi, ngemva kweminyaka eyisikhombisa yokubandakanyeka okuqondile nokungaqondile empini yase-Yemen, i-United States kumele iyeke ukuhlinzeka ngezikhali, izingxenye eziyisipele, izinsiza zokunakekela, nokusekelwa kwezinto e-Saudi Arabia ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi isivumelwano sesikhashana siyalandelwa futhi ngethemba, yelulelwe esivumelwaneni sokuthula esihlala njalo. 

Lesi sivumelwano sibe nomthelela omuhle enkingeni yabantu yaseYemen, kodwa izikhulu ze-UN zixwayisa ngokuthi izigidi zisadinga usizo oluphuthumayo. E-Yemen namuhla, cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingu-20.7 badinga usizo lokusiza abantu ukuze baphile, kanti kuze kufike ezigidini ezingu-19 zaseYemenis bengenakho ukudla. Umbiko omusha ukhombisa ukuthi izingane eziyizigidi ezi-2.2 ezineminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu okulindeleke ukuba zihlaselwe ukungondleki kakhulu phakathi no-2022 futhi zingabhubha ngaphandle kokwelashwa okuphuthumayo. 

Impi yase-Ukraine iqhubekisele phambili isimo sobuntu eYemen ngokwenza ukudla kungabi bikho kakhulu. I-Yemen ingenisa ngaphezu kuka-27% kakolweni wayo e-Ukraine kanye no-8% eRussia. I-UN ibike ukuthi i-Yemen ingabona izinombolo zayo zendlala zikhuphuka "kahlanu" engxenyeni yesibili ka-2022 ngenxa yokushoda kukakolweni ongenayo. 

Ngokwemibiko evela ku-UNFPA kanye ne-Yemeni Relief and Reconstruction Fund, ukungqubuzana kube nemiphumela elimaza kakhulu kwabesifazane nezingane zase-Yemeni. Owesifazane ushona njalo ngemva kwamahora amabili ngenxa yezinkinga zokukhulelwa nokubeletha, futhi kubo bonke abesifazane abashona lapho ebeletha, abanye abangu-20 babhekana nokulimala okungavinjelwa, ukungenwa izifo, nokukhubazeka unomphela. 

NgoFebhuwari 2021, uMongameli uBiden wamemezela ukuphela kokubamba iqhaza kwe-US ezinhlelweni ezihlaselayo eziholwa yiSaudi eYemen. Nokho i-United States isaqhubeka nokuhlinzeka izingxenye eziyisipele, ukunakekelwa, nokusekelwa kwezinhlelo zezindiza zempi zaseSaudi. Abaphathi futhi abakaze bachaze ukuthi yini ukwesekwa “okuhlaselayo” kanye “nokuvikela”, futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi sekugunyaze ukuthengiswa kwezikhali okungaphezu kwesigidigidi samadola, okuhlanganisa izindiza ezinophephela emhlane ezintsha kanye nemicibisholo ecitshwayo esuka emoyeni iye emoyeni. Lokhu kusekelwa kuthumela umyalezo wokungajezisi kumfelandawonye oholwa yiSaudi ngokuqhumisa ngamabhomu nokuvimbezela iYemen.

Abamele uJayapal kanye noDeFazio basanda kumemezela izinhlelo zabo zokwethula nokuphasisa Isixazululo esisha se-Yemen War Powers sokuqeda ukubandakanyeka okungagunyaziwe kwe-US emkhankasweni ononya wezempi waseSaudi Arabia. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili ukugcina umfutho wesivumelwano sokuvala isivumelwano esintekenteke sezinyanga ezimbili nokuvimbela ukuhlehla ngokuvimbela ukusekelwa kwe-US kunoma yiziphi izingxabano ezivuselelwayo. Abenzi bomthetho babhale bathi, "Njengekhandidethi, uMongameli uBiden uthembise ukuqeda ukwesekwa kwempi eholwa yiSaudi e-Yemen ngenkathi abaningi manje abasebenza njengezikhulu eziphezulu ekuphathweni kwakhe bekhala kaningi ukuthi kuvalwe imisebenzi i-US eyenza ukuthi iSaudi ivumelane. Ukuhlasela okunonya kwe-Arabia. Siyabacela ukuthi balandele isibopho sabo.” 

ICongress kumele iphinde iqinisekise amandla ayo empi ye-Article I, inqamule ukubandakanyeka kwe-US empini nokuvinjwa kwe-Saudi Arabia, futhi yenze konke engakwenza ukusekela isivumelwano se-Yemen. Izinhlangano zethu zibheke ngabomvu ukwethulwa kwe-Yemen War Powers Resolution. Sinxusa wonke amalungu eCongress ukuthi athi “cha” empini yonya yase-Saudi Arabia ngokuqeda ngokuphelele ukusekelwa kwe-US ngengxabano edale ukuchitheka kwegazi okukhulu kangaka nokuhlupheka kwabantu. 

Ozithobayo,

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