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Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi

lines on the record: 63
first: 2020-05-14
most recent: 2021-05-12
sittings or episodes: 5
sources: un-security-council

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“In addition, the Council must compel them to give the United Nations team immediate and unconditional access to the tanker in order to carry out the necessary inspections and repairs, and thereby save Yemen and the other countries bordering the Red Sea, as well as international shipping lanes, from a disaster the likes of which the region and the world has never seen. 30/3021-06527”
2021-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/465 (2021) · source
“Once again, we ask the Council, out of respect for the victims and for international humanitarian law, to ensure that the perpetrators of the attack on Aden International Airport are held accountable. We once again call on the Panel of Experts to conduct a transparent and independent investigation to uncover the details of the heinous crime, perpetrated by Houthi militias, of setting African migrants on fire in Sana’a, and bring those involved to justice. We repeat once again our warning that an oil spill from or an explosion aboard the FSO SAFER oil tanker will result in an environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe. We call on the Security Council to bring the utmost pressure to bear on the Houthi militias, in order to stop them from using the tanker as a tool for political coercion.”
2021-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/465 (2021) · source
“We once again call on development partners and friendly countries to increase funding for the humanitarian response plan in Yemen, support the Yemeni economy by depositing and transferring donor contributions through the Central Bank of Yemen, and back the effort of the technocratic Government to carry out its programme and achieve stability, bring about economic recovery, stimulate development and provide services to all citizens. The Yemeni Government is still waiting on the Security Council to reveal the results of the investigation by the Panel of Experts into the heinous and criminal terrorist bombing of Aden International Airport that took place just as members of the Government were arriving there.”
2021-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/465 (2021) · source
“More than 3,030 families have been forced once again to flee their camps, as Houthi shelling has laid waste to wells and water tanks, burned tents and houses, and killed civilians, mostly women and children, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, human rights law and all international laws and norms. The Yemeni Government therefore calls on this august body to pressure the Houthi militias to halt their acts of aggression.”
2021-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/465 (2021) · source
“Despite the efforts of the United Nations and humanitarian and relief organizations, human suffering continues to grow in many parts of Yemen because the Houthi militias are looting humanitarian aid and depriving rightful beneficiaries of that aid. In addition, those militias have seized the salaries of public sector employees and imposed hefty taxes, in particular during the holy month of Ramadan, on the private sector in areas that they control in order to finance their war effort, prolong their senseless war and exacerbate the human suffering they capitalize on to strongarm the international community and achieve political gains. The Houthi militias’ attack on Ma’rib is compounding human suffering exponentially with each passing day.”
2021-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/465 (2021) · source
“Moreover, the Council must compel the militias to cease military operations and accept proposals and initiatives aimed at ending the conflict and the Yemeni people’s suffering by implementing the comprehensive ceasefire and accepting the peaceful solution agreed upon by Yemenis and the regional and international community. The Government of Yemen, aware of its responsibility to the Yemeni people, will continue to extend its hand in peace and support all international efforts in a constructive manner, particularly the efforts of Martin Griffiths, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, and United States Special Envoy Linderking, in addition to the efforts of all friendly actors to achieve a comprehensive and sustainable peace in Yemen in accordance with the agreed terms of reference for a political solution.”
2021-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/465 (2021) · source
“The militias mean to prolong the war and undermine regional security and stability. It is no longer enough to make statements, issue condemnations and take nebulous positions in response to all these attacks, the escalation and the repudiation of all sincere efforts to establish peace. What is more, such actions send a negative message, as we have seen from the manner in which the Houthi militias have responded to all such calls. The Security Council must assume its responsibility and take decisive measures to halt the attack on Ma’rib, because that attack imperils the peace process and exacerbates the humanitarian crisis.”
2021-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/465 (2021) · source
“Ballistic missiles, drones and heavy weapons are being used against civilians and displaced persons, and civilian objects in Saudi Arabia have also been targeted. Those terrorist militias will not choose peace as long as they continue to receive military, logistical and media support from the rogue Iranian regime. The militias will not curtail their diabolical schemes and ambitions as long as that regime continues to sponsor and back them and smuggle weapons to them. Indeed, just a few days ago, the United States Navy Fifth Fleet seized a large shipment of smuggled arms in the Arabian Sea. That shipment, which was headed to the Houthis from Iran, constituted yet another flagrant violation by that country of all Security Council resolutions, particularly resolution 2216 (2015).”
2021-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/465 (2021) · source
“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed. However, our problem today is that war and violence remain entrenched in the minds of Houthi militia members. That is why all the efforts of the Yemeni Government led by President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General and the Special Envoy of the United States of America for Yemen, and the recent initiative of Saudi Arabia to stop the bloodshed and establish peace in Yemen have been rebuffed and met with intransigence and a brutal offensive against Ma’rib, home to more than two million people, that started in February and continues unabated.”
2021-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/465 (2021) · source
“At the outset, allow me to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council this month, and to wish you every success in the fulfilment of your mandate, and to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam, for his successful presidency of the Council last month. Mahatma Gandhi said: “There is no way to peace; peace is the way”. The Yemeni Government has supported and will continue to support a comprehensive, just and sustainable peace, with a view to resolving the Yemeni crisis on the basis of the agreed national, regional and international terms of reference, which are the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcomes of the All-Inclusive National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, notably resolution 2216 (2015).”
2021-05-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/465 (2021) · source
“The Council must take strict deterrent measures against the militias and force them to allow the United Nations technical team access to the tanker urgently and unconditionally, in order to carry out the initial assessment and maintenance in preparation for the unloading of the oil, and to avoid a serious environmental, economic and humanitarian disaster for Yemen, the countries of the region and international shipping.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“Yemen will not be an arena for reckless attempts by the Iranian regime to undermine the stability of neighbouring countries, international security and the global economy. The United Nations has reached deadlock with the militias over the status of the oil tanker FSO SAFER. The Government of Yemen has repeatedly pointed out that the militias pay no heed to warnings about, or the potential consequences of, the leakage of the tanker’s cargo of more than 1 million barrels of crude oil. The militias are manipulating the issue, which they are using to bargain with and extort the international community.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“We once again call on development partners, friendly States and donor organizations to support the Government’s efforts to achieve stability and economic recovery, and to support the national currency. We emphasize the need to work on the transition from aid to development in response to the Government’s programme. The Government of Yemen reiterates its stern condemnation of the repeated terrorist attacks by the militias against Saudi Arabian territory, civilian objects and oil facilities. The attacks represent a serious threat to the security and stability of the region, and bear the hallmarks of the malicious scheme to sow chaos and destruction in Yemen and the region. We call upon the Council to confront this aggressive behaviour.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“In 2018, Saudi Arabia deposited $2 billion in the Central Bank; at the time, that generous intervention was the basis for mitigating the humanitarian crisis, avoiding famine and stabilizing the currency. Today, supporting the economy and currency stabilization should be an urgent priority. Here I reiterate the Prime Minister’s call, at the donor conference at the start of this month, for the establishment of a mechanism to ensure that funds provided by donors for aid work in Yemen are handled by the Central Bank. The handling of donor funds outside the framework of State institutions threatens to undermine those institutions and bring about their collapse; it is a grave error that will lead to chaos and long-term damage.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“We look forward to the presentation and dissemination by the Council, in the near future, of the results of the investigation conducted by the Panel of Experts on Yemen into the terrorist attack on the Government at Aden International Airport, and to the perpetrators being held to account. The Yemeni economy is currently facing an acute crisis and major challenges as a result of the war and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The fact that inflation has exceeded 50 per cent and the currency has depreciated by 40 per cent is clearly reflected every day in the humanitarian crisis. Without support for the economy and currency stabilization, humanitarian intervention will not be able to address or stop the current deterioration.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“These allegations are clearly disproved by the statistics issued by the relevant authorities in relation to the quantities of fuel that have entered those areas and have been seized by the militias, which then sell the fuel on the black market at twice the normal price to finance their war. The technocratic Government is making every effort to meet the complex challenges facing the Yemeni economy. It is making fundamental reforms to increase State revenue, rationalize expenditure, improve services, enhance the performance of institutions, increase the effectiveness of supervisory bodies, and uphold the principles of transparency and integrity.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“Despite the international community’s contributions to the humanitarian response plan in Yemen, Yemenis continue to suffer because of actions by the militias, which are using starvation as a means of warfare, blocking humanitarian aid from reaching those in need and instead redirecting it to the front lines of the fighting to prolong their senseless war, and increasing the number of those in need by attacking cities and camps for displaced persons, thereby creating fresh waves of displacement. The militias are also attempting to deceive the international community about their aggressive and brutal behaviour by fabricating a crisis related to oil derivatives in areas under their control. They claim that fuel and oil derivatives are being prevented from entering those areas either through the port of Al-Hudaydah or by land.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“We therefore welcome the recent statement in which the Governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States condemned the ongoing Houthi attacks on Ma’rib. We call upon the Council to assume its responsibilities and take deterrent measures against the militias and their backer, the rogue Iranian regime, so that they cease their military escalation and participate in the peace efforts being conducted by the United Nations. On 11 March 2021, the Council discussed the relationship between conflict and food insecurity (see S/2021/250). In view of the alarming data contained in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, the underlying causes of the severe food shortages and hunger suffered by the Yemeni people, especially in areas controlled by the militias, must be identified and addressed.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“In an attempted cover-up, the militias have prevented the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration from conducting a transparent investigation into this heinous crime or gaining access to the injured. What the Council and the international community need to understand clearly today is that the military escalation by the militias comes at a time when calls have been made for peace and a return to dialogue. This barbaric escalation threatens not only to exacerbate the humanitarian crisis but also to completely eliminate the diplomatic track and the political process as a whole.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“The militias’ thirst for Yemeni blood has not been quenched, however. They have carried out another dreadful crime whose victims’ blood is not yet dry, committing mass murder by causing a fire at the detention centre in Sana’a, in which more than 170 Ethiopian migrants were killed or injured after refusing to obey the militias’ orders to serve on the front lines of the fighting in Ma’rib or else make monetary payments to the militias — orders that were in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, human rights law and national laws.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“What is happening today in Ma’rib is a testament to the aggression and terrorism of these militias, which were raised by the mullahs’ regime in Tehran. Ma’rib’s residential neighbourhoods and camps for displaced persons are being bombarded, including with ballistic missiles, in a brutal and criminal fashion. In February, the militias launched 25 ballistic missiles into the safe haven of Ma’rib, which was sheltering more than 2 million displaced persons who had fled the acts of terrorism and brutal repression carried out by militias in the areas under their control, in the course of which hundreds of civilians, including women and children, were killed and wounded. Dozens of women and children were killed by the militias’ indiscriminate bombardment of residential communities in Taiz and Al-Hudaydah.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“The Government welcomes all efforts made by the United Nations through the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, to end the conflict by peaceful means, and the diplomatic track announced by the new United States Administration through its Special Envoy for Yemen, Timothy Lenderking. The Government reiterates its commitment to peace and its willingness to engage positively with all calls and initiatives that might lead to an end to the conflict. The Houthi militias, in contrast, persist in their intransigence and their rejection of all peace initiatives. They choose war and escalation, most recently through the announcement by their official spokesperson that they reject the efforts of the international community and the United States.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“The Government of Yemen, under the guidance and leadership of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, continues to reach out to achieve a solution that will end the Yemeni crisis and fulfil the Yemeni people’s aspiration for sustainable, comprehensive peace through a political process based on the terms of reference of the political solution in Yemen, namely, the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its Implementation Mechanism, the outcomes of the All-Inclusive National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Council resolutions, in particular resolution 2216 (2015).”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Ambassador, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and by thanking your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, for her successful presidency in February.”
2021-03-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/266 (2021) · source
“This is nothing but manoeuvring intended to deceive the international community and use the issue for political haggling and extortion of the United Nations and the Council. Since last year, we have been told that the assessment and maintenance will begin within weeks, but we fear that those weeks will become years and that a major disaster, to be paid for by Yemen, the region and the world, will ensue.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“Despite the efforts of the international community and the Council to put pressure on the Houthi militias to allow the United Nations technical team to board the tanker to carry out the initial assessment and maintenance in preparation for the unloading of the oil, the international community was surprised when, after eight months of discussions with the United Nations, the Houthis once again reneged on their commitments and refused to grant the technical team the permits and safeguards needed to board the vessel. The Houthi militias have often duped the international community into thinking that there is light at the end of the tunnel, but they always reveal their true face in the end.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“The Government of Yemen has often warned of the procrastination and intransigence of the Houthi militias, and their manipulation of the critical issue of the oil tanker FSO SAFER which they are using to bargain with and extort the international community, refusing to heed warnings that more than 1 million barrels of oil may soon leak from the tanker and oblivious to the severe environmental, economic and humanitarian consequences that such a leak would have for Yemen, the countries of the region and international shipping.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“We therefore urge the United Nations and its system entities, and international donors, to make a significant contribution to help us carry out these tasks. That contribution does not require the allocation of any additional resources; all it requires is that funds be transferred and banking operations conducted through the Central Bank. Such a decision would greatly help to maintain the value of the Yemeni rial and its effects would be felt in various aspects of life. The Government of Yemen looks forward to the success of the donor conference for Yemen, to be held on 1 March 2021, and calls on its donor partners and friendly countries to give generously to support the 2021 humanitarian response plan and help alleviate the suffering of Yemenis.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“On the thorny path to sustainable, comprehensive peace, we must make every effort to alleviate the economic and suffering of Yemenis. The technocratic Government’s economic programme includes two objectives. The first is to implement urgent policies to reduce economic decline, and the second is to develop the economic and manufacturing sectors, improve the environment for investors and increase the participation of the private sector and civil society organizations in economic recovery efforts. In the area of infrastructure, energy and the environment, the programme also includes the restoration and rehabilitation of damaged infrastructure and public facilities in accordance with urgent priorities, the normalization of the situation in the interim capital, Aden, and the liberated areas, and the start of reconstruction activities.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“Despite the cowardly terrorist attack on the Government of Yemen upon its arrival at Aden International Airport, the Government is determined to carry out its tasks and meet all challenges on the basis of its national responsibility. It is working from the interim capital, Aden, to implement its programme, which includes key objectives and priorities focused on completing the restoration of the State, ending the insurrection, achieving security, stability and economic recovery, and putting a stop to the suffering. My Government’s presence on the ground strengthens the response to many of the current challenges. My Government looks forward to its friends’ support in order to meet the economic and humanitarian challenges, and to their active contribution to the success of its programme for 2021, which it has named the year of recovery.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“My Government’s delegation, which is aware of this matter’s humanitarian dimension, is approaching the negotiations carefully and responsibly in the face of the Houthi delegation’s intransigence and indifference. My Government calls for pressure on the Houthi militias to release all prisoners and detainees, including the four mentioned in Council resolutions, as well as journalists, prisoners of conscience, political prisoners and civilian academics. We have all welcomed the progress made recently. The Government of Yemen remains committed to the principle of an “all for all” release and calls on the international community to press the Houthi militias to stop delaying such a release and refrain from using this humanitarian matter as a political negotiating tool.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“The international community must take a firm stance against these violations, hold the perpetrators to account and put pressure on the militias to implement the Taiz understandings and lift the siege of the city. With regard to prisoners and detainees, please allow me, Madam President, to thank Jordan for generously hosting the last round of consultations, which began on 23 January 2021. Although the participants were close to reaching agreement in the first weeks of the negotiations, the Houthis’ position changed completely after the United States decided to remove them from its list of terrorist groups. That change adversely affected the negotiations. Efforts are still being made in Jordan.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“The Houthi militias continue to commit acts of sabotage and terrorism in the Red Sea and the Bab Al-Mandab strait by launching vessels rigged with explosives and drones and by laying mines. Such acts are a serious threat to the countries bordering the Red Sea and to safety, freedom of navigation and oil shipping lanes in one of the world’s most vital waterways. The Government of Yemen is also surprised by the silence of the international community in the face of serious violations by Houthi militias in Taiz Governorate, including the siege, the policy of starvation, the indiscriminate bombardment and the use of snipers to murder civilians, including women, children and civil society activists.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“It is regrettable that the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) has not, since it was established, been able to fulfil its mandate, because the Houthi militias have continued to undermine the implementation of the agreement, obstruct the Mission’s work, restrict its freedom and movements, refuse to remove mines and prevent the opening of humanitarian corridors. The Mission has been unable to investigate the attack on Colonel Mohammed Al-Sulayhiy, a liaison officer, and therefore cannot protect the liaison officers who work with it. We reiterate the call to move the Mission’s headquarters to an area that is not subject to Houthi obstruction and coercion, and to resume its patrols, checkpoints and maritime activities.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“In Al-Hudaydah, the militias continue to commit serious violations of humanitarian law and target residential areas. Most recently, in the past week, they destroyed the Qasimi Mosque in the Mandhar neighbourhood. They have turned the city into a military barracks, including by digging tunnels and excavations, deploying military reinforcements at the entrances to, and in the streets of, the city, and targeting civilians, industrial installations and civilian objects. In doing so, they have exacerbated the suffering and spread famine in some areas of the Governorate.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“We therefore call on the Council to exert maximum pressure on the militias and their backer, the Iranian regime, to stop their aggression, their military escalation and their criminal, terrorist behaviour, and to push them towards the option of peace in order to spare the Yemeni people further destruction and suffering. The Stockholm Agreement represented a glimmer of hope at the end of 2018, as a step towards achieving comprehensive peace through its three components related to Al-Hudaydah, Taiz, and the exchange of prisoners and detainees. Today, however, more than two years later, we see that, for the Houthi militias, the agreement represents nothing more than a means of prolonging the war, opening new fronts and exploiting the suffering of Yemenis.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“It is clear that the militias are operating as a tool of Iran to thwart all efforts by friends and the international community to end the conflict. We call on the Council to shoulder its responsibilities in order to stop this dangerous escalation in Ma’rib Governorate. The Council must take a firm, decisive stance and review its positions. The Government of Yemen has warned the international community not to send false signals and messages. Doing so will relieve the pressure and encourage the Houthis to escalate their criminal military actions and terrorist attacks on civilians, and to try to impose a fait accompli on Yemenis. We have not waited for so long only to see the adverse effects of such messages.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“Instead of positively addressing these efforts and the decision of the United States Administration to remove the Houthis from its list of foreign terrorist organizations, the Houthi militias have recently embarked on a dangerous military escalation in Ma’rib Governorate, which is densely populated, including with displaced persons, through a broad military offensive on various fronts and a bombardment involving ballistic missiles and drones, which is entering its eleventh day. The Houthi militias have also targeted civilian objects in Saudi Arabia; for example, they attacked Abha airport, a civil airport, with a drone. All this has coincided with United Nations and international action to bring peace and end the war and confirms the group’s real position on the peace process.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“The Government continues to engage constructively with the efforts of the United Nations, through the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, to achieve a comprehensive, sustainable peace based on the agreed-upon terms of reference of a political solution, namely, the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its Implementation Mechanism, the outcomes of the All-Inclusive National Dialogue Conference, and Security Council resolutions related to Yemen, in particular resolution 2216 (2015). In addition to engaging in international diplomatic efforts to reach a political solution that will end the war, the Government welcomes the appointment, by the United States Administration, of Timothy Lenderking as Special Envoy for Yemen.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“Allow me at the outset, Ambassador, to wish you every success in your presidency of the Council this month, and to congratulate your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Tunisia, on his successful presidency in January. The Government of Yemen seeks, on the basis of its responsibility to the Yemeni people, and under the guidance and leadership of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, not only to stop the senseless war waged by the Houthi militias with the support, financing and weaponry of the rogue Iranian regime, but also to end the conflict once and for all.”
2021-02-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/167 (2021) · source
“They seek to destroy all that is beautiful in Yemen, and to increase the suffering of Yemenis, flagrantly defying the efforts of the international community and the Security Council to avoid the environmental and economic disaster that looms closer with every passing day. We appreciate the contributions of numerous States to the fund for the maintenance of the tanker. We reiterate our call on the Security Council to shoulder its responsibility and adopt a decisive position in order to spare Yemen and the region a catastrophe whose effects could be felt for decades. The Council should exercise pressure on the Houthis, who continue to procrastinate and to manipulate the situation to use this issue for political blackmail.”
2020-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1109 (2020) · source
“We call on the Security Council to put pressure on the Houthis to desist from such practices, make the economy a neutral space, stop creating artificial oil crises, and lift restrictions on the circulation of national currency. More than four months have passed since the Security Council held a special meeting to discuss the oil tanker FSO SAFER (S/2020/721). Every month, we keep hearing how the Houthi militias have clearly hindered the efforts of the United Nations to send a technical team to inspect and maintain the vessel and unload its cargo of oil. The Houthi militias’ intransigence and their imperviousness to the appeals of the international community — not to mention the potential catastrophic effects of an oil leak or an explosion on board the vessel — merely confirm the nature of their conduct and their agenda.”
2020-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1109 (2020) · source
“He has supported the efforts of the Special Envoy and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. The Houthis have breached the agreement brokered by the Special Envoy and taken more than 50 billion Yemeni riyals from the account intended to collect fuel revenue for the payment of salaries. Nevertheless, the Government continues to make numerous concessions and to take measures to ease the situation. For instance, in the last six months, it has granted transit permits to fuel trucks carrying more than 1,337,000 tons of fuel headed exclusively for areas under the control of the Houthis. That quantity is enough to meet the needs of those areas until the end of 2020.”
2020-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1109 (2020) · source
“In so doing, they have further exacerbated and complicated the economic situation. Their intention is to maximize their profits by boosting the black market in currency and fuel in the areas under their control. They have also bankrolled their factional, sectarian project by imposing illegal, racist levies, such as a supplementary 20 per cent religious tax to prop up the oppressive, racist regime. All the revenue from that tax goes to a given faction. They have continued to misappropriate revenue from petroleum products at the port of Al-Hudaydah and to hamper the entry of vessels carrying fuel to areas under their control. Despite those violations and obstacles, the President has instructed the authorities to cooperate in order to alleviate the suffering of Yemenis in areas under Houthi control.”
2020-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1109 (2020) · source
“It sets a dangerous precedent that a rogue state can send its representatives to rebel coup militia groups. Such conduct is one more sign of Iran’s expansionist agenda in Yemen and the region, and of its bare- faced interference in the affairs of sovereign States. Once again, we call on the Security Council to assume its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security by condemning and putting a stop to the irresponsible behaviour of the Iranian regime. My Government will continue working to achieve economic stability and pay public sector salaries regularly in all regions of Yemen, including by preserving the value of the national currency. However, it faces a great many difficulties and obstacles. The Houthi militias have continued to prevent the circulation of new banknotes in the national currency.”
2020-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1109 (2020) · source
“The Iranian rogue regime has continued to undermine security and stability in Yemen and the region by supporting the Houthi militias with funds, weapons and military expertise, which they use to kill Yemenis, attack navigation lines and civilian targets in Saudi Arabia, and endanger international peace and security. The regime does not respect the rules of international law or the resolutions of the Security Council. It recently announced the appointment of officer of the Iranian Republican Guard as so-called ambassador to the Houthi militias in Sana’a. That decision flagrantly violates the rules of international law, the Charter of the United Nations, the two Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations, and Security Council resolution 2216 (2015).”
2020-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1109 (2020) · source
“With support from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Yemeni Government has worked to implement the Riyadh Agreement and the mechanism to accelerate its implementation, at a time when our Yemeni people is facing exceptionally complex circumstances that necessitate a unified effort to engage in a national project to revive State institutions, achieve security and stability, overcome economic and development challenges, and work under the legitimate authorities, led by President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, to restore State authority, put an end to the coup, provide services and a dignified life for citizens, and alleviate their suffering. We highly appreciate the support of Saudi Arabia at every stage, and we are fully confident in the role of Saudi Arabia in moving forward in order to make the Agreement a success.”
2020-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1109 (2020) · source
“Unfortunately, at every turn, the Houthi militias made new conditions to the draft. They proved intransigent, they delayed, and they hampered the efforts of the United Nations and its Special Envoy with regard to the political process and the economic and humanitarian dimensions. Turning to the issue of prisoners and detainees, the Yemeni Government has endeavoured to ensure the release of all prisoners and persons detained arbitrarily, subjected to enforced disappearance or under house arrest on the basis of the all- for-all principle, including the four individuals mentioned in the Security Council resolution. However, the Houthi militias have hampered the full implementation of the agreement and engaged in blackmail for political gain. Nevertheless, the Government has worked to make the agreement reached in October 2020 a success.”
2020-11-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2020/1109 (2020) · source
“It has responded positively to the endeavours of the United Nations, acting through the Special Envoy for Yemen, to achieve a just and comprehensive peace based on the agreed terms of reference, namely the Initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council and its Implementation Mechanism, the outcomes of the All-Inclusive National Dialogue Conference and the resolutions of the Security Council on Yemen, particularly resolution 2216 (2015). It has responded in a spirit of firm conviction to all invitations and proposals intended to achieve the peace to which the Yemeni people aspires. These include the proposal of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Martin Griffiths, for a draft joint declaration, to which it reacted positively from the very first draft, out of determination to facilitate his efforts in that regard.”
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“They have been repressed, detained and subjected to enforced disappearance in flagrant violation of the rules of international humanitarian law and human rights law. Under the President’s leadership, the Yemeni Government is determined to bring an end to the suffering of the Yemeni people in this futile and unjust war. The Government has made concessions and done everything it can to let the language of dialogue and peace prevail over the language of war and destruction.”
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