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Al-Dobhany

lines on the record: 43
first: 2018-07-09
most recent: 2023-08-03
sittings or episodes: 4
sources: un-security-council

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“We must make efforts to protect production activities and marketing necessary to meet the domestic and international demand. Supply chains must continue to operate, which leads to the protection of existing infrastructure in order to provide crops, livestock, food and other logistics systems. In conclusion, women must have a role in the food production and distribution process. All restrictions imposed on women, especially in areas controlled by the Houthi militias, must be lifted. We call for enabling women farmers and businesswomen through improving access to resources, financing and training. That will lead to the promotion of food security within families and communities.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We must invest in long-term strategies to promote resilience and improve livelihoods for vulnerable communities. Specialized international organizations and agencies can play a vital role in supporting small- scale farmers in the rural part of Yemen, who make up 70 per cent of the population, in order to enhance agricultural practices and create more jobs. That would lead to livelihood diversification, enhancing peaceful coexistence and depending less on humanitarian aid. My country’s Government encourages partnership between private and public sectors to benefit from the expertise and resources of both sectors in order to address food insecurity. Investment, technology and innovation must be enhanced to promote agricultural productivity and food distribution.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“I take this opportunity to thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its recent donation of $1.2 billion to make up for the budgetary shortfall in Yemen. Due to the conflict in Yemen, we need more humanitarian aid, especially for the most vulnerable. We call on the international community to put pressure on the Houthi militias to ensure safe, unhindered and sustained access to life-saving humanitarian aid, especially for children under five and for women and girls who are more vulnerable to acute malnutrition. The Houthi militias must refrain from using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, especially when this heinous tactic is used against civilians, especially those residing in Taiz, a city that has been under blockade for more than eight years.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“As a State with a long coastal border, Yemen is aware of the importance of sustainable fisheries to achieving food security. We call on the international community, donors and international organizations to support our fishing and aquaculture sectors in order to improve the lives of coastal communities and enhance food security. In that context, I thank once again the United Nations Development Programme and other donors that have helped us to address the FSO SAFER oil tanker, whose rescue operation we hope will be completed very soon. Yemen is in need of more humanitarian aid to meet urgent need for food of millions of Yemenis. We hope that the humanitarian response plan will be supported in order to provide food, clean water, basic health care and protection.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Since the coup by the Houthi militias nine years ago, Yemen has been left behind in many sectors especially those related to promoting agriculture and rural development in order to address the root causes of food insecurity. Like other countries in conflict or post-conflict situations, Yemen is in dire need of strengthening the capabilities of State institutions in order to effectively respond to the threats of climate change. We stress in that regard the need for support from Member States and the private sector to improve our agricultural capabilities. We need the necessary funding to establish food security at the State level and to enable the agricultural communities to address challenges and adapt to environmental changes while dealing with water scarcity and soil degradation along with promoting sustainable agriculture.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Developments in world events also increased the food crisis in Yemen and other third-world countries affected by conflicts and climate challenges. Yemen is aware of the challenges facing the world and the vital role that all of us can play in promoting food security and addressing famine through the following actions. We must act together to promote proactive measures that strengthen our ability to predict and avert food supply crises. In that regard, we stress the need to adopt effective measures to address challenges early on through coordination and exchanging information and data among various parties, as well as developing crisis analysis and urgent response mechanisms. Yemen is one of the countries that produce least amount of carbon dioxide. However, it is most affected by climate change.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“According to the report, more than 24 million Yemenis are in need of humanitarian assistance while more than 20 million people are facing famine. That bleak picture of the situation in Yemen is due to the war waged by the Houthi militias against the Yemeni people since 2014. The Government of my country is deeply concerned by the exacerbation of food insecurity in Yemen, and it is struggling owing to a contraction of the national economy by half as a result of the war and the continued threats and terrorist attacks by the Houthis against vital economic facilities and oil ports. Since August 2022, my country has lost nearly $1.5 billion earmarked for improving public services and paying salaries across the country.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Al-dobhany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): I thank you, Madam President, and thank the briefers for their valuable briefings. Over the past few years, the coronavirus disease pandemic has created many challenges that have greatly affected food security throughout the world. Food prices have reached record highs owing to demand and transport costs that have increased, as well as imbalances in the work of ports. Today, the ongoing conflicts at the international level increase the existing challenges and the make global food crisis even worse. The Government of my country is aware of the urgency of addressing famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity. Yemen is one of the countries listed in the Global Report on Food Crises 2023.”
2023-08-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9392Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Arab Group once again emphasizes that peace in the Middle East can be achieved only through a just and comprehensive solution based on international legitimacy and the implementation of the relevant United Nations resolutions, including, most recently, resolution 2334 (2016). Furthermore, there is a need to implement the Arab Peace Initiative and ensure the establishment of an independent Palestinian State within the borders of 4 June 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It has been an important item on the Council’s agenda since 1948, attesting to the injustice that has been inflicted on the Palestinian people, for whom the time has come to exercise their right to self-determination and to an independent State, while further demonstrating the international community’s inability to date to establish an effective mechanism for the implementation of United Nations resolutions. The Arab Group stresses the need to continue to provide political and financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) until a just and lasting solution to the plight of Palestine refugees is achieved in accordance with General Assembly resolution 194 (III).”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We also appreciate the historic role played by Egypt, under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, in support of the Palestinian question. We also want to express our appreciation for all Arab efforts aimed at preserving the city of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine, along with its Arab, Islamic and Christian identity, holy sites and cultural and humanitarian heritage, and supporting its institutions while addressing Israel’s settlement policy, Judaization efforts and systematic Israeli forgery. We also appreciate those countries hosting Palestinian refugees. In conclusion, the Arab Group stresses that the Palestinian question is the central Arab issue.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Arab Group appreciates Jordan’s role in safeguarding and maintaining Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem within the framework of the custodianship of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, under the leadership of King Abdullah II. We appreciate the role of the Al-Quds Committee and its affiliated Beit Mal Al-Quds Agency under the chairmanship of King Mohammed VI of Morocco. We also appreciate the efforts in support of the Palestinian question by Algeria, under the leadership of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, through Algeria’s historic stances and continued financial aid to the budget of the State of Palestine. We express our appreciation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, under the leadership of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, for its support of the Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Arab Group greatly appreciates the positions taken by those countries that supported that endeavour, including those that provided written legal submissions to the Court in defence of international law and Palestinian rights. We call on the International Criminal Court to complete its investigation and hold to account the perpetrators of the war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed by Israel against the defenceless Palestinian people, including the crimes of settlement, annexation, aggression, the continued blockade against Gaza, deliberate summary executions of civilians, journalists and medics, forced displacement, arbitrary detention and prisoner abuse.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We therefore call on the countries of the world to show their solidarity with the Palestinian people in their struggle, to ensure that the just Palestinian question emerges victorious and to acknowledge the State of Palestine and its right to be granted full membership of the United Nations. The Arab Group welcomed the General Assembly’s adoption of resolution 77/247, which decides to request the International Court of Justice to render an advisory opinion on Israel’s colonial occupation of the land of the State of Palestine and its repercussions, given that it violates the Charter of the United Nations, international law and international humanitarian law.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We call on the international community and Council members to condemn all forms of violence against Palestinian civilians by occupation forces and radical settler groups, and demand that the perpetrators of such practices be held accountable, in line with the rules governing accountability and transparency, which are upheld for all except Israel. Time and again, we have reiterated that it will not be possible to achieve a comprehensive and just peace in the Middle East, along with security and stability, until the Palestinian people are granted their inalienable legitimate rights, including their right to self-determination, and until we see the end of Israel’s illegal and colonial occupation and the establishment of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Arab Group calls urgently for the protection of the Palestinian people by the international community in line with the proposals made by the Secretary- General, which the General Assembly welcomed in view of the increase in Israel’s aggressions against the Palestinian people. The Arab Group condemns Israel’s policy of arbitrary detention, denial of medical care for prisoners and deliberate medical neglect leading to detainee deaths. We support the prisoners in their struggle to achieve their release. We must ensure that the occupation Government complies with international humanitarian law and international human rights law. Pressure must be put on Israel to immediately release all prisoners and detainees, as well as the bodies of martyrs. Israel must end its policies on deportation and house arrest, among other things.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Arab Group therefore calls upon the Security Council to assume its responsibilities and ensure the implementation of its resolutions in order to put an end to the brutal aggression and to all of Israel’s unilateral, illegal, provocative and escalatory measures, as well as the unabated violations that it continues to commit in order to build and expand its illegal settlements. Israel continues to kill innocent people, storm Palestinian cities and villages, confiscate Palestinian land and property, demolish Palestinian houses and structures and displace the original inhabitants, including in Jerusalem, in addition to flagrant violations of the sanctity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Haram Al-Sharif that are committed by Israel’s occupying army and extremist settlement groups.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Reassured by the fact that the international community’s stance is nothing but words on paper, Israel has let loose, targeting Palestinian civilians, killing children, young people, women and the elderly in cities, villages and streets, storming homes, schools and workplaces, and carrying out deliberate attacks on medical and press teams. In addition, extremist settlers carry out attacks while the Israeli Government persists in its colonial expansion along with inciting and racist rhetoric. There is neither accountability nor punishment for Israel’s flagrant violation of the international position regarding its violations in and occupation of Palestinian territory.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It also values the positions rejecting any altering of the historic and legal status quo. The Group also reiterates the need for continued efforts and initiatives to protect and defend the occupied city of Jerusalem and its holy sites while rejecting any condemned attempts to alter its demographic character, its Arab, Islamic and Christian identity, and its legal and historic status — including the Israeli policy of colonialism and annexation in the occupied city and territory. The Arab Group condemns the extremist views of the Government of Israel, in flagrant violation of all its commitments to international law and Security Council resolutions, which have led to a state of great tension in the occupied Palestinian territories.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“It must also respect the role of the Jordanian Jerusalem Waqf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Administration as the only body authorized to manage the affairs of the entirety of Haram Al-Sharif and regulate access to it. The Arab Group also stresses that the State of Palestine has the right to exercise its sovereignty over the occupied city of East Jerusalem — the capital of the State of Palestine — and its holy sites. Israel, the occupying Power, has no rights or sovereignty over the occupied city of Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites. The Arab Group values the positions of the countries that rejected and condemned the provocative aggression by Israel against Palestinian cities and refugee camps, most recently the Jenin refugee camp, and the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes in occupied Jerusalem.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Arab Group condemns the systematic forced displacement of Palestinians, especially in occupied East Jerusalem, carried out by the Israeli occupation forces and settlers, as well as the attacks on worshippers and the arrest of hundreds of them. Those irresponsible acts of aggression add to the daily crimes committed against the Palestinian people by Israel, the occupying Power, since the Nakba to the present day. In that regard, the Arab Group stresses the need for Israel, the occupying Power, to respect the legal and historical status quo of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque/ Al-Haram Al-Sharif, including its area of 144 dunums, as a place of worship exclusively for Muslims.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In that context, the Arab Group condemns in the strongest terms the brutal aggression of the Israeli occupation forces since the beginning of the month against the city and refugee camp of Jenin and other cities in the occupied West Bank. Such actions have killed scores of people and left hundreds injured, including women and children, and has caused the displacement of refugees and the demolition of hundreds of homes. This aggression is a continuation of the cycle of bloody violence systematically perpetrated against the Palestinian people, particularly since the beginning of this year and last year.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Al-dobhany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on the successful United Kingdom presidency of the Security Council this month. I would also like to thank Mr. Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, for his briefing. I would like to make a statement on behalf of the member States of the Group of Arab States in New York. The occupying Power has ignored the repeated calls of the members of the Council for calm in the occupied Palestinian territory and continues its brutal aggression against Christian and Muslim Palestinians, in violation of all international laws, conventions and Council resolutions.”
2023-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9387Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Many women activists are still languishing in their prisons and undergoing physical torture, sexual violence and rape. In conclusion, strengthening international cooperation to address conflict-related sexual violence is an important step towards achieving real and sustained change for women and girls by sharing information and expertise and providing technical and financial support for countries that are suffering in conflict or post- conflict situations. In that regard, we thank all of our regional and international partners, in particular the Government of Norway, which has supported Yemen in implementing and following up its national plan on women, peace and security by providing us with expertise and funds.”
2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Security Council’s resolution 2564 (2021), on sanctions against Yemenis, has imposed sanctions on the Houthi leader Sultan Zabin, as a result of the horrendous and systematic campaign of arrests, detentions, torture, sexual violence and rape perpetrated against women and girls in areas under Houthi control. The resolution reaffirms the international community and the Security Council’s refusal to tolerate practices of torture and sexual violence in areas under Houthi control, and it supports the rights of Yemeni women in those areas. We stress the importance of continuing to list the Houthi leaders who are responsible for such practices so that they are held accountable and so that justice can be served for the victims.”
2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Thirdly, there is the issue of arbitrary arrests and detention. The militias have been arresting women and girls without legal cause and based on false accusations, after which they are detained in secret prisons in harsh and inhumane conditions for their activities in the political, media or other arenas. Fourthly, women and girls are seeing their fundamental freedoms violated, including freedom of expression, through defamation campaigns against women’s rights defenders aimed at obstructing their work and undermining confidence in them and in the cases they are defending.”
2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Women have been deprived of fundamental rights and subjected to severe social practices and gender-based segregation in schools and Government institutions, as well as being denied a quality education and the right to work outside the home and participate in public political and social life. Secondly, with regard to sexual violence, we have documented many cases involving sexual exploitation and abuse committed by the Houthi militias against women and girls in areas under their control with the aim of terrorizing the population, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. One example is the arbitrary arrest and detention of Intisar Al-Hammadi and her colleagues, who were imprisoned, unfairly tried by Houthi militias, accused of indecent acts and possession of narcotics and condemned to a five-year prison term.”
2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Those violations have been documented in national reports and those of international human rights agencies, as well as the reports of the Panel of Experts on Yemen, most recently in 2022, as well as the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict for this year. They include the following. First, the Houthi militias have discriminated against and marginalized women, imposing harsh restrictions on them in areas under their control. They have restricted their freedom of movement and forbidden them to travel abroad unless accompanied by a male.”
2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Yemen is committed to achieving peace and to positively and constructively implementing all regional and international efforts and endeavours, as well as those of the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, pursuant to the agreed terms of reference for a political solution. We affirm that the traditions and customs of Yemeni society proscribe any form of violation of the dignity of Yemeni women, and our national legislation criminalizes physical violence against women. The Houthi militias have continued their numerous violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, which include violations harming women and girls and depriving them of their political, economic and social rights.”
2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Our Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour has organized and currently oversees the national team responsible for implementing the national plan and relevant activities. Sexual violence is a degrading and heinous violation of human rights. It creates significant challenges to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the areas of gender equality, reducing inequality and access to justice. That requires building effective and accountable institutions at all levels. My country’s delegation has taken note of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2023/413) on conflict- related sexual violence, and we thank Ms. Patten for her efforts.”
2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Al-dobhany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. I also thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Patten and the other briefers. The Yemeni Government attaches great importance to women’s issues. Very early on our Government developed a national plan on women and peace and security pursuant to resolution 1325 (2000), based on the four pillars of prevention, participation, protection and recovery. A normative framework and committees were established in collaboration with Government partners, including the National Committee on Women, law-enforcement agencies, civil-society organizations, academia and the private sector.”
2023-07-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9378Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Gamba to provide assistance so that we can enhance the birth and death registration system in order to provide better protection for children in the future. In conclusion, we hope that the progress made and the commitment of the Yemeni Government to protect children will lead to the delisting of the Yemeni armed forces from the report's annex and also the delisting of the Arab coalition. We welcome the cooperation with the Office of Ms. Gamba. We fully agree with her that we need preventive working methods to protect children and that we must stay clear of any propaganda that does not promote cooperation, but rather widens the gap between the United Nations and its Member States.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“They do not have enough offices there so they rely on unreliable sources and the United Nations continues to ignore the requests of the legitimate Government in that regard. We underscore that there are no children in the Yemeni armed forces and that we are fully prepared to receive a commission of inquiry from the Office of Ms. Gamba on the allegations contained in the report concerning the national army of the Republic of Yemen. We are working to update and implement the action plan signed in 2014. We look forward to Ms. Gamba's visit to Yemen, especially to the governorates of Aden and Ma'rib, in order to assess the situation there and the efforts undertaken by the centre for the rehabilitation of child soldiers in Ma'rib. We also call on the Office of Ms.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“Those sources are misleading and seek by all ways and means to change the current political crisis into a humanitarian one and to falsify the figures and the reality on the ground in order to place the blame on the Arab coalition and the Yemeni Government for everything that is happening in Yemen. The United Nations is relying on records from the Ministry of Health and Hospitals, controlled by Houthi militias, as sources. The Houthi militias are falsifying those records and providing the United Nations with false figures in order to achieve their political goals. We have already rejected the monitoring mechanism and called for greater transparency, and we have stated that we are prepared to work with the Office of Ms. Gamba to uncover the truth. International organizations are underrepresented in liberated areas.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“However, we are very surprised to see that the legitimate Government of Yemen and its agencies are compared to the armed militias. The legitimate Government is seeking to protect its people and is not recruiting children. It cooperates with the United Nations. It complies with international law. It is implementing Security Council resolutions, including resolution 2216 (2015), as demonstrated in the progress highlighted in the report. The United Nations continues to rely on civil organizations and individuals who are affiliated with the Houthi militias as sources.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“That should be a primary concern of the international community. We must do more to address that challenge by ensuring that the protection of children is an integral part of any comprehensive strategy to prevent and resolve conflicts in order to achieve lasting peace. The Yemeni Government stresses its legal and moral obligation to protect the lives and future of all Yemenis without exception. We are dedicated to protecting the present and the future of Yemeni children. After all, they are our future and the pillar of sustainable peace. We appreciate the praise of the Secretary-General for the efforts undertaken by the Government of Yemen to improve the protection of children over the past year. The Government of Yemen has been removed from the list ofparties that have not put in place measures during the reporting period to that end.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“Gamba to initiate the discussion between representatives of the Yemeni Government and United Nations officials with a view to updating the 2014 action plan to prohibit the recruitment of children. The Government repeatedly called on competent United Nations organizations to assist the Government in implementing the plan, including in areas under the control of Houthi militias. Those militias have immensely exploited and recruited children, as is shown in the figures contained in the reports of the Secretary-General of 2015, 2016 and 2017 With regard to the report of the Secretary- General for 2017 (S/2018/465), allow me to make the following observations. The Yemeni Government agrees with the Secretary- General that it is critical to prevent violations against children affected by armed conflict.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“We also issued a military order on 18 March 2018, signed by the Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, stressing the commitment of the Yemeni armed forces to their rules and regulations, which are in conformity with international law criminalizing child recruitment. Furthermore, the order stressed the importance of committing to the protocol on surrendering children detained during armed operations to civil child protection authorities. No photos or video footages should be taken of recruited children who have been arrested, and all media content of this sort should be deleted. Last week, the Minister for Foreign Affairs sent a letter to Ms.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“We have reached an agreement with the Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict to create a system to register newborns and deaths in order to be able to determine the age of those who are joining military service. We are considering establishing a unit in the Yemeni army that deals with protecting children and trains forces of the army to protect them. The Republic of Yemen is committed to protecting children and making sure they are spared the hell of war. Consequently, last year we joined the Safe Schools Declaration, which aims to protect children and their schools in times of conflict.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“The Houthi militias are responsible for all of that, which shows how heinous they are, while disregarding the rights of children and international laws that stipulate their protection. The Government of the Republic of Yemen is fully committed to the protection of children and ensuring that they are not recruited into armed conflicts. We have shown that in deeds, and not only in words, whereby the Government took the following measures. In November 2012, His Excellency President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi issued a presidential decree that prevented recruiting children under the age of 18 into the army or security forces, and stated that the recruitment of children is illegal. In May 2014, an action plan was signed between the Yemeni Government and UNICEF to put an end to the recruitment of children into armed forces.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“They are even recruiting children from orphanages and youth shelters, including over 23,000 children of whom 2,500 children were recruited since the beginning of 2018, in contravention of international agreements and the law on protecting children. Those militias have denied over 4 million children their right to education, including 1.8 million who were denied the right to enrol in schools for the past two years. They have bombed and destroyed 2,372 schools, either completely or partially. They have used over 1,500 schools as prisons and military barracks. The children of Yemen are being subjected to the worst forms of killing, suffering and recruitment. They are denied the right to education and health as well as their social rights.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“The topic is a priority for the Government of my country, as we suffer from a conflict caused by the Houthi militias that carried out a coup. We are shouldering the responsibility ofprotecting our children to spare them the impact of that armed conflict. The delegation of my country associates itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Argentina on behalf of countries that have joined the Safe Schools Declaration. The Houthi rebel militias drove over 2 million children to look for work as a result of waging a barbaric war. They recruit children and lure them with money by exploiting the deteriorating situation of Yemeni families, paying them for fighting in their ranks.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source
“Mr. Al-Dobhany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): I would like, at the outset, to congratulate Sweden for presiding over the Security Council for this month. We wish you, Mr. President, success as you manage the work of the Council, and thank you for holding this open debate on children and armed conflict on the theme "Protecting children today prevents conflict tomorrow". The presence of His Excellency the Prime Minister of Sweden shows the special attention Sweden accords to the protection of children in particular, and the protection of human rights in general. I also thank Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and her Office for their efforts to protect children in armed conflict.”
2018-07-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8305 (2018) · source