Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) 80 per cent of people in Yemen are dependent on humanitarian assistance or protection,

  (ii) 30 per cent of people in Yemen are severely food insecure and at risk of starvation,

  (iii) 70 per cent of imports into Yemen flow through the Port of Hodeidah,

  (iv) the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Mark Lowcock, has warned that if the operation of the Port of Hodeidah was to be interrupted the humanitarian consequences would be catastrophic, and

  (v) the Saudi-led coalition's military offensive on the City of Hodeidah is putting at risk the operation of the port; and

(b) calls upon the Australian Government to support:

  (i) United Nations' efforts to find a non-military solution to the conflict in Yemen, and

  (ii) efforts by the United Nations to ensure the Port of Hodeidah remains operational.

Question agreed to.