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Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour

lines on the record: 81
first: 2015-09-24
most recent: 2020-09-24
sittings or episodes: 5
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“We reiterate the trust in our brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to continue to implement this agreement. In conclusion, I hope that this session will be successful, and that the United Nations will be more advanced and effective in its efforts to support humankind and realize happiness. I hope that the United Nations resolutions will help us meet the major challenges before us. I wish development and prosperity for all Member States and their populations. I also wish happiness, well-being and prosperity for humankind as a whole. May peace and God’s mercy and blessings be upon you.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“I call on the international community to make a serious and urgent commitment to ending the imminent catastrophe surrounding the FSO SAFER oil tanker. The Houthi militias refuse to grant the United Nations access to the oil tanker for repair and maintenance. With the unlimited support from our brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we have made much progress in implementing the Riyadh Agreement, which is aimed at establishing stability and enabling us to address the regrettable events that took place in the provisional capital, Aden, in August 2019. We have done our utmost to facilitate the implementation of the agreement because we believe that we must pool our efforts to ensure reconstruction and development, under the auspices of the State.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“They too have been unable to escape blackmail, constraints and siege when attempting to mitigate the multifaceted suffering of the Yemeni people as the war continues. Economic challenges are on the increase, in addition to the obstacles that face the Government and State institutions in their attempt to discharge their duties by providing the citizens with services and restore normalcy in liberated areas. I call on the international community to support Government efforts to address economic challenges and policies and plans to strengthen the national currency with a view to ensuring household stability. The international community should not allow the Houthis to manipulate humanitarian aid or blackmail the Government by looting funds earmarked for the payment of salaries. They continue to undermine United Nations efforts in this regard.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“The international community must play its role to end the Houthi arrogance and the people’s suffering. It must exert effective and decisive pressure on the putschists and their sponsor in Tehran to ensure that they implement Security Council resolutions and refrain from bloodletting, sowing destruction and giving access for humanitarian assistance to all Yemenis. I would also like to take this opportunity to speak to the world and shed light on the suffering of our patient people, who have endured tragedy and torture of all kinds amid difficult living conditions because of the putschists’ war. We thank all our brothers, friends, organizations and donor countries for their efforts and support.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“What is even worse is that this militia took the opportunity to mobilize and attack governorates and cities, causing more massacres among civilians in several regions and cities in Yemen. What you see today is a ruthless escalation by these militias, particularly in the governorates of Ma’rib, Al-Jawf and Al-Bayda, where the Houthi militia has engaged in an indiscriminate military campaign for several months. It attacks residential areas with ballistic missiles, with no concern whatsoever for civilian lives or the millions of displaced people who have fled the regions under the militia’s control. These terrorist militias repeatedly target civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. All this clearly demonstrates their true intentions and how they view peace.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“The goal is to stop the bloodletting in Yemen and the Yemeni catastrophe because our Yemeni people will not accept the Iranian model on its territory, regardless of the circumstances and challenges. Let us recall the concessions that we have made in the quest for peace over the past five years. We had a commitment a few months ago — alongside our brothers in the coalition to support Yemeni legitimacy, led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — to establishing a unilateral ceasefire and supporting the efforts of Mr. Martin Griffiths for a lasting and comprehensive ceasefire that would allow the political process to be resumed. However, these efforts regrettably failed because of the obstinacy of the Houthi terrorist militia and its sponsors from the Iranian regime.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“It was supposed to be subjected to a referendum by the Yemeni people and then adopted to allow for elections to be held in line with the new Constitution. However, the Houthi coup d’etat disrupted the transitional process and led to a war against the people of Yemen. This war imposed on us has caused a humanitarian catastrophe, destroyed our society and led to waves of collective displacement. It has also caused repression, forced disappearances and the worst cases of poverty ever seen by our people for decades. We extended our hands for peace. We have done our utmost to support and facilitate the efforts of the United Nations and its current Special Envoy, Mr. Martin Griffiths, as well as those of previous Envoys, with a view to saving our country and establishing a lasting and comprehensive peace.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“It suppressed freedoms, raided houses and blew up schools and places of worship. It suppressed dissenting voices and harassed citizens. This militia transformed Sana’a, a city steeped in history, civilization and a tradition of coexistence, into a great prison while putting our people behind bars. The United Nations played a pivotal and outstanding role in overseeing the political transition process in Yemen, which has been ongoing since 2011. According to the Gulf Initiative and its Implementation Mechanism, that was the start of the transition period. A national Government was formed and presidential elections took place. The National Dialogue Conference was held with the participation of all strata of Yemeni society. A new Yemeni Constitution was drafted in accordance with the outcome of that dialogue.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“This militia hatched its plans following the execution of the Gulf Initiative, with its Implementation Mechanism, and coinciding with the successful holding of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference, which established a road map for the future of the Republic of Yemen, with the participation of the entire political spectrum. The Houthi militia, which sent its representatives to the NDC, did not welcome these developments. It started at the same time to prepare for a coup d’etat against the country. It began to mobilize its forces to ensure the collapse of towns and cities and displace citizens from their homes and regions. It even invaded the capital, Sana’a, in September 2014, took State institutions hostage and undermined the elected legitimacy and the political climate.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“The United Nations, thankfully, has spared no effort to reach a lasting peace in Yemen, and sought tirelessly to address the challenges that we are facing, in particular the humanitarian challenges. It is my honour also to sincerely congratulate the great people of Yemen, those living in the country or living abroad, on the celebrations of the glorious and eternal Yemeni revolution in September and October. That coincides with the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly. This year’s session of the General Assembly is the sixth being held as we in the Republic of Yemen endure difficult and harsh circumstances as a result of the war imposed upon our people by the Houthi coup militia, backed up by Iran, which is its regional supporter.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“In the name of God the Merciful and the Compassionate, Your Excellency, President of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Majesties and Excellencies, I would like at the outset to sincerely congratulate the President of the United Nations General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session and to wish him continued success in his endeavours. I would also like to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, for his efforts in leading the Organization towards playing its role in protecting international peace and security and realizing its noble mission. That will be reflected on all peoples and countries, including the Republic of Yemen.”
2020-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 75 (2020)
“I also wish a speedy recovery to the Yemeni wounded and freedom to the abductees.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“I hope that by the next session, peace will have prevailed in Yemen and in the whole world. In conclusion, I would like to salute from this rostrum all our great Yemeni people, who are struggling everywhere to create a new, federated Yemen, a Yemen of justice, equality and good governance. I congratulate all of them, everywhere, on the occasion of the fifty-sixth anniversary of the glorious revolution of 26 September and the fifty-fifth anniversary of the immortal revolution of 14 October. I also want to say to all honourable, liberal, striving Yemenis that upholding the objectives of the September and October revolutions requires the implementation of the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference and the creation of a new federated Yemen with all of its six regions. May the liberal martyrs of Yemen rest in peace.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“I also want to take this opportunity to renew my call to all donors to honour the pledges they have made to the humanitarian response plan in Yemen with a view to further alleviating my people’s suffering. The suffering of the Palestinian people is growing daily, owing to Israel’s occupation policies in the Palestinian territories. That is the main cause of tension in the Middle East. The Palestinian people have long awaited a just solution that will guarantee the creation of their independent State and an end to their suffering. In that regard, we call on the international community to continue supporting the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, in order to enable it to continue assisting Palestinian refugees. My hope is to see the work of the General Assembly at this session succeed.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“In that regard, on behalf of the Yemeni people I would like to thank the King, the Government and the people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It has played a leading role in alleviating the humanitarian suffering in Yemen through its continued support and its humanitarian relief and reconstruction efforts, especially the Saudi reconstruction and development programme in Yemen, an outstanding project aimed at bringing development to our troubled areas. Those efforts are starting to have positive effects for both the economy and for Yemeni citizens throughout the liberated territories. I would also like to sincerely thank the humanitarian organizations of the Arab coalition countries, as well as our sisterly and friendly donor countries, in addition to the various United Nations bodies, for their exceptional humanitarian efforts.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“I am saddened to see bloodshed anywhere in Yemen, but I feel responsible before God and the people for stopping that bloodshed, inflicted by the war that has been imposed on our people. We will continue to strive positively and patiently alongside the rest of the world and to make every sacrifice in our quest to restore peace, security and stability. It is our duty to alleviate the suffering of our people throughout our beloved nation, which today is struggling to implement the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference, which are supported unanimously by Yemenis of all Yemeni parties, political and civilian organizations, including the Houthis themselves, and have been drafted as part of the Constitution for our new federated Yemen.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“We are proud to be able to retell the glories of Yemen and the struggle of its liberal heroes. We want to stress to our people that the long history of the sacrifices that Yemenis initiated against underdevelopment, the rule of the clergy, injustice and tyranny is complemented today by the sacrifices of the heroes who are defending our revolution, our Republic and our country’s unity. In the twenty-first century we can never accept the return of the rule of the mullahs in a new guise, that of the Houthi militias who want Yemen to revert to the dark ages of despotism. Yemen is the origin and source of Arabism. It will continue to stand tall, proud and unified under a just, federated regime that corresponds to the ambitions and expectations of our great people.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“My Government has imposed more stringent controls on various suspicious financial transactions and has strengthened coordination, cooperation and the exchange of information with all the relevant international and regional stakeholders. The Yemeni Government will also spare no effort to combat drugs and the illicit trade in them, whose proceeds are used to support and finance the terrorist acts committed by the Houthi militias, Al-Qaida and Da’esh. I call on all States to cooperate and coordinate with us in combating the smuggling of artefacts for financing militias and terrorist groups. It is a happy coincidence that today marks the great Yemeni people’s celebration of the fifty-sixth anniversary of our immortal 26 September revolution, which declared Yemen a democratic republic more than half a century ago.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“In that regard, while Saudi deposits, though not the first attempts to stop the devaluation of our local currency, have helped to mitigate the economic crisis, Yemen is still more than ever in dire need of everyone’s support. Despite Yemen’s limited resources and current circumstances, we continue to participate genuinely and effectively in the fight against terrorism, which is an unprecedented threat to international peace and security, as well as development. Within the framework of our national policy on fighting the scourge of terrorism, the Government will not cut back its efforts to take measures to counter terrorism financing and money laundering, and we are making earnest efforts to continue implementing our laws in that regard.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“In an effort to deal with these issues and stop the situation from continuing to deteriorate, we have introduced a series of measures, most recently last month, when we created an economic commission that the Government has authorized to take all necessary measures to halt the devaluation of our currency and develop a comprehensive economic vision that can help us adapt to this unprecedented situation. The Government, the commission and the Central Bank of Yemen have taken numerous remedial measures and issued a number of immediate instructions aimed at optimizing the conditions for dealing with our economic difficulties. They include permitting the export of oil and gas, stopping foreign currency flight, curbing imports of luxury goods and raising interest rates.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“I want to underline the Yemeni Government’s commitment to its efforts to protect civilians, especially women and children. We do not target civilians or their schools, hospitals or residential areas where there are rebel strongholds. We have an independent national commission of inquiry into human rights violations that investigates all allegations of violations of any sort. Every military unit of the Yemeni army has also been instructed not only to refrain from recruiting children but also to protect them, rehabilitate those who have been detained when fighting with the rebels and ensure that they return to school. It is well known that the war has left our country facing economic hardship. The militias have drained our country’s resources and our internal and external reserves, which has had an enormous impact on our citizens.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“That is the only way to attain stability in Yemen. Anything else will merely mean delaying and then preparing for new rounds of war and conflict. We know that we cannot obtain peace by pleading with these gangsters, as some Member States do. Rather, peace can be achieved by diligently implementing the relevant international resolutions, and Member States should be serious about implementing them, especially Security Council resolution 2216 (2015), which calls on the Houthis to withdraw from cities and institutions and to hand over their weapons unconditionally. I therefore want to call on the Council not to waver in ensuring that its resolutions are implemented, as it did to ensure the political transition and national dialogue in Yemen, which endured for more than a year.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“However, the intransigence and brazenness of the insurgent Houthi militias have disappointed the hopes of the Yemeni people that any possible progress can be made, even at the humanitarian level. That is typical of this terrorist group. I would like to underscore once again from this rostrum that we are ready for peace. We do not advocate war and vengeance but rather peace and harmony. We are fully aware of our responsibilities to the patient Yemeni people. What we are seeking is sustainable peace based on national, regional and international terms of reference. We want to restore our State and put an end to the coup in every aspect. We uphold the principles that our State must have sovereignty over all of our national territory and that the State alone must possess medium and heavy weapons.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“It finances the Houthi militias and provides them with weapons, missiles, equipment and experts. It targets international and regional waters and jeopardizes international shipping routes, and its policies enable the flow of drugs to other countries as well as drug-trafficking generally. It supports terrorism through the Houthis, Al-Qaida and Da’esh. The Yemeni Government has always reached out for peace through round after round of consultations in Vienna, Geneva and Kuwait, and even after our Government delegation’s return from Geneva at the beginning of this month. Our high-level delegation was keen to seize any opportunity that would alleviate the suffering of our people and achieve peace.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“It is a group that has made use of every form of violence to tear down society and sow hatred among the people. Nationally, it is a group that has abandoned any loyalty to its nation and has become a war proxy that is beholden to Iran and Hizbullah. Any attempt to make peace with it is therefore doomed to fail, despite the major concessions we have made to establish peace in Yemen. With that in mind, I call on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities by putting pressure on Iran to stop intervening in Yemen and supporting the Houthi militias, and to abide by international resolutions and participate in peace efforts. On multiple occasions from this rostrum I have told the Assembly that Iran conducts blatant interventions in Yemen.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“In past statements from this rostrum I have emphasized that Yemen’s predicament is not a political conflict that can be contained in a dialogue. I have said that it is not even a coup, as those are conventionally defined and as happen in other States. It is a series of attempts to undermine the foundations of coexistence among Yemenis, to undermine their moderate beliefs and national principles as established by the two glorious revolutions of 26 September and 14 October. We are fighting a complex religious group that believes as a matter of policy in its divine and exclusive right to rule. It scorns all the contemporary values of democracy and human rights. Socially, it considers itself a unique race and demands that people glorify it.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“However, as I address the Assembly, the Government of Yemen and all our local authorities and Government agencies are working hard from our provisional capital, Aden, and in our various liberated governorates to restore security and stability, as well as to provide services and create a democratic, federated civilian State where human rights are safeguarded, the dignity of women and youth is protected and the rights of children and various marginalized sectors of society are respected, a State where justice and equality prevail, in accordance with the outcome of our National Dialogue Conference and as a result of the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative, its implementation mechanism and the relevant Security Council resolutions.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“We are still in the grip of a war imposed on our long-established Yemeni people by armed militias who are receiving financial, media, military and logistical support from Iran and Hizbullah. They are extremists. They employ gangster tactics such as blowing up houses and places of worship and planting mines with unprecedented recklessness. They forcibly recruit children and extort funds and remittances. They have taken away our freedoms and rights while wreaking havoc in our institutions.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“On behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Yemen, I would like to congratulate Ms. Espinosa Garcés and the friendly Republic of Ecuador on her assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session, and to wish her every success. I would also like to thank her predecessor for his notable efforts at the helm of the previous session. I thank the Secretary-General for his sincere and outstanding work, especially his attempts to advance peace in my country, Yemen, as well as his Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, whose ongoing efforts we support. This is the fourth time I have addressed the Assembly from this rostrum since 2015.”
2018-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 73 (2018)
“We must control that racist group. I salute our people on the occasion of the revolution’s anniversary. In conclusion, I wish the General Assembly every success at its seventy-second session and hope that it can achieve more development and effectiveness in its work. And I wish all Member States and human society prosperity, peace and stability.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“I should not conclude without expressing my sincere congratulations to all Yemeni people and freedom-loving nations on the occasion of the fifty- fifth anniversary of our revolution, on 26 September, which we will commemorate in the next few days. That revolution uprooted one of the most despotic regimes in histor, that of Imam Ahmed in northern Yemen, whom liberators toppled to found our Republic in 1963. We are reminded of that racist regime by the Houthis and their allies. Over the past three years, they have tried to impose a similarly racist regime once again, in an even more violent and terroristic manner. During the time that our capital of Sana’a has been under Houthi control, thousands have been killed, injured or detained. The media have been outlawed and journalists arrested, along with countless other retaliatory measures.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“Terrorism in the State must stop, and we call on the international community to uphold its responsibilities and prevent such monstrous events, which we thought our modern world had permanently eliminated. Together with our patient people and all the honourable citizens of the world, we will spare no effort to rid the Yemeni people of the atrocities committed by the rebels. We will, with God’s help, fulfil the aspirations of our people to build a federal civil State that upholds justice and equality and good governance. We will rebuild a new Yemen that embraces all of its children — a Yemen that is a source of stability and security for itself, its neighbours and the world.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“We reach out to the international community to coordinate efforts in the areas of security, culture and information and technology, so that we can defeat terrorism together. Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories and its settlement policies still represent one of the greatest causes of stress in our region. The people of our region therefore look to the Assembly to find a fair and lasting solution so that the Palestinian people can establish their own State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and end the occupation and settlement, as well as the suffering of the Palestinian people. The Republic of Yemen denounces the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. That genocide must cease.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“We call on friendly donor countries and international organizations to provide urgent support to Yemen and uphold the pledges made at the conference held in Geneva in April in support of the humanitarian response plan for Yemen. One year has passed, and only 50 per cent of the pledged funding has been provided. We also want to reactivate the dormant Group of Friends of Yemen. We must save Yemen from the crisis and move from humanitarian relief to reconstruction and economic recovery. The Republic of Yemen sincerely and effectively supports counter-terrorism efforts, particularly because my country has long suffered from terrorism. We reject all forms of terrorism and continue to embrace our tolerant Islamic values, which reject violence and extremism, while calling for tolerance and brotherly relations.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“We are responsible before God first and before our people and the world as well. We are responsible for all our Yemeni people, regardless of their loyalties. We want to preserve the life of every Yemeni, including those who fire bullets at us and target the Yemeni people. As a legitimately elected leader, it is my job to save the Yemeni people from further bloodshed. It is forbidden for a Yemeni to kill another — absolutely forbidden. The Yemeni Government continues to face the economic and security challenges that stem from the destruction of all aspects of Yemeni life. Today, the Yemeni Government needs extensive support for its efforts to consolidate peace and stability, provide services in the liberated areas, control the economic situation and implement counter-terrorism measures.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“The city of Taiz has been under siege for three years. The situation is dire in all of the governorates under rebel control. Salaries are no longer being paid. The State’s resources, including customs incomes, have been looted. We therefore call on the United Nations and the international community to shoulder their responsibilities in Yemen by applying pressure on the rebels to implement the relevant Security Council resolutions and offer real compromises, so that we can avoid more bloodshed and destruction and so that humanitarian assistance can reach the people who need it. From this rostrum, I announce that we in the Yemeni Government are ready to provide all of the facilitation needed so that humanitarian assistance can have access everywhere in Yemen, from Sana’a to Al-Mahra, as well as in the areas under Houthi control.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“I affirm that we continue to desire peace based on the consensus agreements and everything that the international community has endorsed, including the implementation of Security Council resolution 2216 (2015). I must not forget here to thank our brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who have led the efforts to mitigate our humanitarian crisis through the support that their country continues to provide through the King Salman Centre for Humanitarian Aid and Relief, and to thank all of the humanitarian organizations of the Arab coalition, donor countries and the United Nations agencies, as well as all the international efforts to combat the cholera outbreak. We stress that we are still in need of support and assistance, given our high levels of poverty, insecurity and food insecurity. We are still under blockade and at war.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“We announced that we were ready to accept the initiative on the Hudaydah seaport, but the other side has unilaterally rejected it. They even attempted to assassinate an international envoy. They have continued to threaten international peace and security and international maritime sea lanes. They have also threatened our brothers in the United Arab Emirates, attacking them with rockets. 17-29579 25/26 From this rostrum, I emphasize our continued willingness to stop the war and build peace. We are not warmongers. We desire peace. And I have personally extended my hand, and will continue to do so, to reach a sustainable peace, because we feel the weight of our responsibility for all citizens of the Yemeni State.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“Member States may remember that when I stood before the Assembly five years ago, I spoke of the measures that we would take on the path of peaceful political transition in Yemen in the context of the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and the National Dialogue Conference outcomes, and I informed them that Iran had been taking various measures against us. We have seized shipments carrying arms, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have been supporting the militias in our country and supplying them with long-range missiles. They remain a threat to our country and the entire world. I am trying to give Member States an image of the events from the inside. The world needs to understand that the rebels are refusing all calls for peace — from Kuwait to Geneva — including the latest initiative about the port of Al Hudaydah.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“Our resources are utterly depleted, and we have not even been able to pay salaries for almost a year. The private sector has disappeared, replaced by a new class of merchants who function at the expense of our national interests. Even our school curricula have been replaced with extremist curricula that have provoked sectarian strife. On top of all that, the opposition militias receive full support, politically and militarily, in kind, in the form of weapons and financing from Iran, a State that is determined to destabilize our region. Sustained peace can therefore only be possible if Iran ceases to interfere in our affairs, which it has been doing by creating tensions, inventing conflicts and stoking feelings of hatred and violence. We must control Iran’s expansionist aspirations in the region.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“But what we are facing is not even a coup d’état as it is commonly understood. It transcends that and is based on a difference in philosophies, ideologies and values. We are dealing with extremist religious sects that believe that God has granted them an ethnic superiority and the right to rule, to forge alliances with forces that seek retaliation and that go against all human values. In this way, the coup of the Houthis, who are racist, backward and patrilineal, has gone beyond any traditional military coups d’état, which still preserve the State and its institutions. These militias are destroying all State institutions. The army and security forces have been replaced by popular committees and militias that serve one faction only, based on ethnicity. That also affects economic institutions.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“Through negotiations in Geneva, Vienna and Kuwait, our legitimate leadership has sought a sustainable, fair and lasting peace that will not falter and that lays the foundation for a real State that ensures peace and security for all its citizens and prevents violence. We seek a peace that grants the State alone a monopoly on the use of force and prevents armed militias from forming and operating in the country. It must be a peace that is based on consensual documents that people have agreed on and that have received international and regional support. Here, I would like to clarify a commonly heard claim that our problem in Yemen is one of political differences that cannot be managed merely by sitting around negotiation tables, despite our efforts and compromises in that regard.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“It has used violence and terrorism to rebel against the legitimately elected leadership and armed force against our people. It has destroyed the cities of Yemen and taken the entire country hostage. After exhausting every possible peaceful political means to turn this evil coalition away from the path of violence and terrorism that it has chosen, the Yemeni people, in all their various factions, have united and resisted the rebels’ de facto policy of facilitating Iranian expansionism in our region. To that end, we have requested support, on behalf of the people of Yemen, from our brothers in the Arab coalition under the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They have responded to our request and granted us support. The theme of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly represents what we have been seeking in Yemen.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“This debate is being held as we in the Republic of Yemen are ending our third year of the war imposed on our people by the Houthi/Saleh coalition, following its rebellion against the consensus solutions adopted under the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its Implementation Mechanism and the outcomes of the national dialogue, as well as the political process carried out fully under the auspices of the United Nations. The political process culminated in a visit to Sana’a by the former Secretary-General, where he held a special meeting with the Security Council in Yemen. The evil Houthi/Saleh coalition has rebelled against the national consensus, which was based on the outcomes of the national dialogue and included all the Yemeni political parties and social factions.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“On behalf of the Government and the people of Yemen, I sincerely congratulate the President and his friendly nation, Slovakia, on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session, and wish him every success in his endeavours. I would also like to express my great appreciation for the significant efforts of his predecessor, Mr. Peter Thomson, in guiding the work of the previous session. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his exceptional efforts in implementing the Organization’s noble mission of maintaining international peace and security, and in employing all its good offices with a view to achieving sustainable peace in my country, Yemen. We are also grateful to his Special Envoy for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.”
2017-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 72 (2017)
“In conclusion, I wish to draw attention to the foremost issue of a just solution regarding the question of Palestine and its capital -- the Holy City of Jerusalem.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“Have the authors of the coup d’état — the Houthi/Saleh militias — not heard the humanitarian calls from this international forum to cooperate with the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Yemen in order to implement what we have agreed upon? I refer to the established terms of reference of the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its Implementation Mechanism, the outcomes of the national dialogue, the relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly resolution 2216 (2015), and the outcome of the peace talks in Kuwait. From this rostrum, I wish to express our thanks and gratitude to His Royal Highness Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and our brother people of Kuwait.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“We will make all necessary sacrifices in order to restore social peace and recover our national cohesion in accordance with our constitutional and moral responsibility vis-a-vis the suffering of our people in all parts of the country. I feel ashamed that the Yemeni people have had to endure the persistent failures of successive Yemeni Governments over the past 50 years. In both the north and south of Yemen, they were unable to meet the five basic necessities of our people: water, health care, education, electricity and road networks. But there is no point in crying over a bygone era and its Governments. Have our people not suffered enough death and destruction?”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“We are bound to be victorious, and, God willing, we will carry out our just project. We will extract Yemen from the claws of Iran. We will raise the Yemeni flag over our precious national soil, every square foot of it, and we will lay the foundation for a just federal State. All along, we have been and we will continue to be pioneers of peace and security, advocates of love and harmony, advocates of dialogue and consultation. The current situation truly pains me; it is heartbreaking for any Yemeni to see blood shed anywhere. I am responsible for all of Yemeni territory and people, from one end of the country to the other. Nothing is in my heart except the concerns of my people, my homeland and my desire to see my country enjoy prosperity and peace. We will continue to deal positively and patiently with all.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“We stand behind the overwhelming majority of Yemenis until victory and until we defeat the legions of the Imamate system and its heirs -- the former regime and its new version led by the treacherous Houthi/Saleh alliance — and halt their endeavours to establish a racist, theocratic system of government based on the “rule by the Islamic jurist”. We reaffirm to our people that victory has never been closer. Allow me to address our people from this rostrum as we celebrate the glorious anniversary of the revolution. To our Yemeni people who have suffered injustice, bereavement, displacement, fleeing, disappearance, killings and hunger, our dear and generous people, I say with a great deal of confidence that their sacrifices will not be in vain, that their aspirations will be fulfilled.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)