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1. “We need to pressure the Houthi-Saleh to return to peace talks and engage sincerely and with genuine willingness to make concessions for the sake of Yemen. The unity of the Council will increase the chances of reaching a peaceful solution in Yemen. We need to revert to the terms of reference and the resolutions of the Security Council and respect for international law. We appreciate the efforts of the Council, the Ambassadors of the group of 18 and the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy to achieve security and stability in Yemen. We reiterate our deepest gratitude to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and all the countries of the Arab coalition for restoring legitimacy in Yemen. We are committed to peace. We ask the Council to remain at our side in order to save Yemen and its people.”

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2. “This assistance has contributed to the success of our efforts. We in the Yemeni Government are fully committed - morally, humanly and by our Constitution - to fulfilling our obligations towards our country, our nation and our people. We are working to provide health services to all Yemenis without exception or discrimination, and we are working to overcome all difficulties that stand in our way. In conclusion, I am confident that settling the situation in Yemen genuinely and sustainably lies in addressing the root causes of the crisis by ending the causes for war and coup against the State and by achieving national political consensus. We need to restore legitimacy and State institutions and normalize life through a peace process that saves the country from being hijacked by Tehran's militias and its affiliates in the region.”

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3. “I cannot fail to express the thanks and appreciation of the Government of Yemen to Secretary-General Antenio Guterres, donor countries, the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian AID, UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Food Programme, and aid organizations in neighbouring countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, for their continuous suport and assistance to address the humanitarian situation and the cholera outbreak in Yemen. We have enjoyed the generous support of the King Salman Center, in the form of 550 tons ofmedicines and fluids, and signed agreements with WHO and UNICEF to cover the costs of several projects to prevent the spread of cholera - worth $66.7 million, in addition to $8.2 million to fund WHO's activities related to treating cholera cases.”

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4. “That reflects the success of our common efforts and the effectiveness of treatment despite the difficult circumstances on the ground. However, the situation remains dire and we need more assistance and support. We are deeply grateful to the donor countries and organizations that funded the 2017 Yemen humanitarian response plan, but we appeal to the international community to prioritize this issue and provide assistance. To date, we have received only 44 per cent of the funding for the humanitarian response plan, although we are already in the second half of the year. We therefore call on all States, especially those that pledged funds to Yemen at the Geneva conference, to fulfil their commitments.”

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5. “The Yemeni Government, under President Mansour, is making great efforts to address the dire humanitarian situation, especially with regard to the cholera epidemic and the situation in the areas under the control of the coup masters. Our responsibility extends to the whole country. We are coordinating our work with the relevant international and humanitarian organizations so as to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian and medical assistance. According to a statement by the Ministry of Health of Yemen issued on 15 August, the number of suspected cases of cholera stands at 508,680. Another 1,970 ofpeople have died from the disease. On the other hand, those who were successfully treated account for 99 per cent of the suspected cases.”

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6. “Seventh, the coup masters can achieve peace with all segments of Yemeni society if they adhere to the terms of reference for peace and what they require. They should not be rewarded for their crimes. The militias have turned a blind eye to all the options for peace and all the concessions and sacrifices that President Mansour has made in an effort to avoid this foolish war, in which the first and last to lose are the great Yemeni people. We will remain committed to a peaceful solution based on a just and comprehensive peace according to the terms of reference. We will not tolerate blackmail or rewarding the militias for violating State sovereignty.”

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7. “Their suffering is augmented by the fact that their families and children have no knowledge of the fate of their missing loved ones - fathers, brothers and bread winners. The conscience of the international community continues to manifest itselfin deafening silence. Fifth, any attempt by a minority or sect to exclude others and alone control power and wealth in Yemen, which is exactly what the militias and coup masters are trying to achieve, will eventuallly fail. Peace will prevail through the renunciation of violence and the exclusion of others, through sharing power and wealth, and through coexistence, civil liberties and political engagement. Sixth, leveraging human suffering is a crime. Finding serioius, genuine and comprehensive solutions and being open to all proposals and ideas are the courageous steps our people expect.”

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8. “Our latest success in combating Al-Qaida and liberating the city of A1 Mukalla from that group in April 2016, with the support of Arab coalition forces, was a demonstration of our commitment to combat all terrorist and radical groups, not only militarily but also culturally and intellectually. That includes putting an end to the coup that is fuelling terrorism and usurping the role of the Government in order to plunge the country into chaos, violence, murder and destruction. They are preparing fertile ground for terrorism to flourish. Fourth, the number of our prisoners and detainees in Houthi prisons is increasing daily. The international community has not raised its voice with regard to the violation of their human rights.”

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9. “Second, those gangs would have never been able to continue rejecting those proposals if they had not been receiving financial, logistical and military support from Iran. Thanks to that support and smuggled Iranian weapons, the militias are now turning into a serious threat to Yemenis and neighbouring countries, in particular the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. That country is being targeted by ballistic missiles, which poses a serious threat to navigation and international shipping routes in the Red Sea, including attacks on ships and mining in the reigon. Third, we will continue our cooperation with the international community to combat that scourge, to which Yemen has one of the first victims.”

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10. “First, the Yemeni Government reiterates that it will continue to support the efforts of Special Envoy Ould Cheikh Ahmed. We support his suggestions and proposals to the President of Yemen, which include provisions for the withdrawal of militias from the port and the governorate of Hudaydah based on last year's peace consultations in Kuwait, as well as the establishment of a technical committee of economic and financial experts to help the Government establish an appropriate and urgently needed mechanism to pay civil servants' salaries and deal with revenues generated within the regions controlled by the coup masters, in order to provide the income needed to cover such expenses. Unfortunately, however, the Houthi- Saleh coalition has rejected those proposals.”

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11. “We reiterate that we support those proposals and that we are open to any other proposals or ideas. But, in turn, the Security Council and the international community must send a clear, strong and decisive message to the party that rejects those proposals. It should bring pressure to bear on the coup masters so that they accept the proposals that were endorsed by the Council in its latest presidential statement and participate in negotiations in good faith and with an open mind, just as we are committed to participate in negotiations in good faith and with an open mind. In that regard, I would like to quote the preamble of the Constitution of UNESCO: "That since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed". I would like to clarify a number of points.”

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12. “We are committed to a peaceful and political settlement to the crisis in Yemen that will maintain the security, the independence and the territorial integrity of Yemen based on the three locally, regionally and internationally agreed-on terms of reference - the Initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council and its Implementation Mechanism, the National Dialogue Conference outcomes and the relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly resolution 2216 (2015). We reiterate that the Yemeni Government is willing to make concessions, however difficult, to restore just and sustainable peace, which the great Yemeni people deserve. We have therefore accepted all the proposals put forward by the Special Envoy, to which he referred today in his briefing.”

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13. “Lifting the siege should be a priority for everyone who believes in the right to life and the right to restore peace in Yemen, including those who want to end the suffering of Yemenis. Lifting the siege in Taiz was among the top the priorities during the previous rounds of peace consultations. We have reached a number of agreements concerning the siege, under the supervision ofthe United Nations, the Special Envoy and the international community; but none of them has been implemented. The people of Taiz are waiting for delegations to visit the blighted city so that they can fathom the gravity of the suffering. I express my gratitude and appreciation to all those who have fulfilled, or tried to, their humanitarian obligations despite the siege.”

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14. “The siege has exacerbated the situation. Currently exiting and returning to the city takes seven hours, whereas it previously only took 10 minutes. Since the beginning of the war, 4,164 people have died and 17,911 have been wounded in the city, most of whom were civilians, including women and children. The life for residents of the city of Taiz has become hell. It used to be a city known for its culture, education and love of the arts. This tragedy, which is akin to some of the most horrific that the world has seen, has not received sufficient attention from humanitarian organizations and United Nations agencies. Taiz is appealing to Council members' conscience, before the law, to stand by it and lift the siege.”

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15. “We are determined to mitigate the suffering of the people in our beloved capital of Sana'a. However, we are surprised that we hear no appeals or tugging at the human conscience in the context of the siege on the city of Taiz. The people of Taiz feel that the international community is applying double standards. Taiz is being shelled and destroyed day by day. That beautiful and peaceful city, which was once even referred to as the cultural capital and a "City of dreams", has been reduced to rubble. Its buildings, schools, hospitals, mosques and historical landmarks have been obliterated by unrelenting, indiscriminate shelling. The shelling has not only destroyed infrastructure, but it has also led to civilian casualties, especially among women and children, who are killed daily and affected by famine and disease.”

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16. “The statement condemned certain parties that are failing to ensure the uninterrupted and unhindered delivery of food and humanitarian aid. For more than two and a half years, the Houthi and Saleh militias have besieged the city of Taiz and prevented the delivery of humanitarian assistance and medical supplies. They have also been shelling the city day and night. We appreciate international appeals for the opening of the Sana'a airport. Despite our concerns and the security threat associated with the operation of the airport by the rebel militias, we are willing to agree to the opening ofthe airport - so long as the militias leave the airport's management to official staff affiliated with the State before the coup, under the supervision of the United Nations.”

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17. “The Yemeni Government has always been open to the suggestions of the Special Envoy, as we believe in peace and did not choose war. However, the coup masters reject all those suggestions, thereby rendering the conflict intractable. We accepted all the suggestions in Kuwait and unilaterally signed them. But the coup masters did not accept any suggestions. Again, the conflict is intractable. And the reason is very simple: the war has become lucrative for the militias. While the Yemeni people are suffering from famine, Houthi warlords are making millions. Why would they then accept peace and lose all that money, which is tainted with Yemeni blood? At this juncture I would like to commend the presidential statement of 9 August (S/PRST/2017/l4) on the risk of famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and the north-east of Nigeria.”

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18. “The Yemeni Government has made considerable efforts at reconstruction and has improved security and health services, with the support and assistance of our brethren in the Arab coalition under the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. However, the areas under the control of the coup masters are still suffering from repression, famine and the cholera outbreak. That is not attributed to a lack of food, which is indeed available in the markets. Instead, it is due to the fact that militias have stopped paying the salaries of civil servants for more than 10 months now, to pillaging funds from the Central Bank in Sana'a and to trading in food and humanitaran aid - all of which enables the coup authors - while millions of Yemenis are dying of hunger and curable diseases.”

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19. “This is a large-scale plot that aims to destroy the national State and replace it with a sectarian State and a militia army. Yemen has become the epitome of the so-called triangle of death ofilliteracy, poverty and disease. That is precisely the sort of triangle we have been suffering from during the authoritarian rule of imams. Our people reject this rule. They reject tyranny and dictatorship. Would Europe or the civilized world today accept a divine right to rule? Of course not. Similarly, the Yemeni people reject being ruled by the coup masters, who claim a divine right to rule.”

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20. “We participated in peace talks in Geneva and Biel in good faith and with high hopes of achieving peace in Yemen. Yemen was once called the happy Arab country. While the coup masters did not implement the confidence-building measures that we are agreed upon in Biel, we nevertheless participated in the talks in Kuwait, where we spent 115 days trying to achieve peace. We did so because we are a Government committed to peace that is responsible for its people, from Saada to Mahra. However, the coup masters" participation in all those rounds of talks was only a way for them to push forward their criminal plot to destroy Yemen and to attack neighbouring countries - part of the Iranian plot to destabilize the region and gain time in order to deploy more militias and lead to more death and destruction.”

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21. “I would like to stress that my participation reflects our deep conviction - that of the Yemeni Government under the leadership of His Excellency President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour - that the only solution to the situation in Yemen is a peaceful one. The humanitarian and health situation in Yemen is dire and complicated. More than two years have passed since the bloody coup d'e'tat orchestrated by Houthi militias in coalition with the previous President. We need a peaceful solution based on the three terms of reference endorsed by the international community and the Council. We are committed to durable peace. We have never called for war; instead, war was imposed upon us by that rebel gang, which is rebelling against international legitimacy.”

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22. “Mr. Al-Mikhlafi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): I should like to convey to the members of the Security Council greetings replete with hope and peace. I would first like to congratulate Ambassador Aboulatta on his wise stewardship of the work of the Security Council as President during this month, as well as to thank you, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak to the Council. I would like to express my condolences to the victims of the horrific attacks in Spain. I am delighted to be able to participate in this exceptional meeting to discuss the political and humanitarian situation in Yemen.”

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