[16/March/2010]
SANA'A, March 16 (Saba) – The UN and Non-Governmental Organizations requested the government on Tuesday to facilitate their field visits to districts of Saada province.

The organizations' request aimed to get closely acquainted with the needs of the displaced people and the infrastructure damages in the province and the requirements of reconstruction.

This came during the meeting of donors and international organizations working in field of humanitarian relief in Yemen, chaired by the Minister of Public Health and Population, Head of the Ministerial Committee for receiving and lodging the displaced, Abdul Karim Rase'a.

The attendants discussed the displaced conditions in the province of Saada after the decision of halting war, and the request of the UN organizations' representatives to meet the technical committees assigned by the ministerial committee to assess the needs and requirements of the coming phase in the areas of reconstruction and relief.

Rase'a affirmed the need to speed fulfillment of the financial commitments promised by donors in earlier periods, as well as providing the shelter, food and other needs of the displaced people.

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