Riyadh, 05 January, 2019, SPA -- Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Jaber was surprised by the continued silence of some United Nations organizations, on the crimes and violations of Houthi militias, in addition to their theft and hindering of distribution of humanitarian assistance to the Yemeni people. In a televised interview with the Associated Press, Ambassador Al-Jaber said that many coalition officials had previously informed senior UN officials of the practices of the Houthi militias related to aid to Yemen. He said that for years, Houthi's militias has been hindering aid and looting it, in addition to turning that aid into its war effort, in different ways. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait had handed over to the United Nations $1.25 billion for humanitarian response plan, in Yemen, adding that "We have told UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock and the Humanitarian Coordinator of the United Nations, in Yemen, Lise Grande, that only 40 per cent of those funds have been spent, in areas under the control of the Houthi militias; because of their irresponsible practices. The Kingdom's ambassador to Yemen warned that silence on the crimes of Al-Houthi militias would increase their bad practices and called on United Nations organizations to speak openly and reveal the facts that stand in their way because of the abhorrent actions of the Houthi militias. -- SPA 18:22 LOCAL TIME 15:22 GMT 0008 www.spa.gov.sa/w815545