Pledge for the Salvaging of the Decrepit Oil Tanker FSO Safer in Yemen. The FSO Safer is moored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. No maintenance has been carried out on the vessel since 2015 and there is an imminent risk of a catastrophic spill or explosion. More than a million barrels of oil could leak out into the surrounding sea. Such an event would destroy vulnerable and unique ecosystems. The fishing industry on which hundreds of thousands of Yemenis depend for their livelihoods would come to a complete standstill. Humanitarian aid, on which 70% of Yemenis depend, would no longer be able to reach the country’s ports. A disaster with the Safer would mean an unprecedented deepening of the already critical humanitarian crisis in Yemen. The UN has brokered a viable plan to salvage the oil from the FSO Safer and store it in a safe replacement vessel. This plan has the support of all parties involved. With the present activity, the Netherlands supports the UN in the execution of this plan to prevent a disaster from happening.