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Al-Saadi

lines on the record: 605
first: 2011-07-12
most recent: 2023-10-25
sittings or episodes: 52
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“The Yemeni Government also stresses its commitment to opting for peace and engaging positively and constructively with all efforts to reach a comprehensive ceasefire, as well as to relaunching a Yemeni-owned political process that is led by the United Nations and realizes the legitimate aspirations of the Yemeni people to achieve security, stability and development. However, what we see today is that the Houthi militias, which have chosen to fan the flames of the conflict, continue to ignore the suffering of the Yemeni people and their hopes for peace, security, stability and freedom. The actions of the militias have repeatedly demonstrated that they are not serious about responsibly engaging in peace efforts. They continue to wield the threat of war, relaunch the conflict, shed more Yemeni blood and exacerbate the humanitarian crisis.”
2023-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9323 (2023) · source
“My Government appreciates all regional and international efforts, including those of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen and the mediation efforts made by our brethren in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman, aimed at renewing the truce, ending the conflict and achieving a comprehensive and lasting peace based on the principles of the agreed political solution emanating from the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative, its Implementation Mechanism, the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, especially, resolution 2216 (2015). We stress the need for the Security Council to support such regional efforts to overcome the current crisis.”
2023-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9323 (2023) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish you and your delegation every success in your work. I also thank your predecessor, the Russian Federation, for ably presiding over the Council last month, as well as Mr. Grundberg, Ms. Wosornu and Ms. Yasmeen Al-Eryani for their briefings.”
2023-05-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9323 (2023) · source
“We call for contributions to bridge the financing gap of the rescue operation plan and affirm the importance of adhering to the time frame for its implementation in order to avoid this potential disaster. In conclusion, the great people of Yemen are looking forward to an end to the war and their suffering, and to achieving the just, comprehensive and sustainable peace that Yemen and Yemenis deserve, as confirmed by the agreed regional and international terms of reference.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“We are very grateful for the role of the Coalition to Support Legitimacy, led by our sister nation of Saudi Arabia, in closing that humanitarian file, and the role of the Office of the Special Envoy and the International Committee of the Red Cross in facilitating the release and exchange operations. The Yemeni Government welcomes the progress made in the safe rescue of the FSO SAFER oil tanker by purchasing a replacement tanker to offload its crude oil and sail it towards the Yemeni coast, which is an important step towards preventing and eliminating the threat of an imminent environmental, economic and humanitarian catastrophe. We are also committed to providing every possible support and facilitating all necessary efforts to complete the implementation of the United Nations plan.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“In the past three days hundreds of Yemeni families have rejoiced at seeing their children after years of absence, and we hope that important step will be the start of the process of closing that humanitarian file and building on it to achieve a comprehensive and just peace throughout Yemen. The Houthi militias need to be committed to enabling access to all detainees, the disappeared, the abducted, and those under house arrest, and to release them according to the all-for-all rule, without restrictions or conditions, in a manner that guarantees an end to their suffering and reunites them with their families under the Stockholm Agreement. The Government reaffirms the importance of keeping the issue of prisoners and detainees on the list of priorities of the United Nations, the Special Envoy and the Security Council.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“In that context, we urge the international community and all partners to continue providing support to the Yemeni Government to limit the exacerbation of the humanitarian crisis, overcome its economic and development challenges, strengthen the State’s public resources, and contribute effectively to achieving stability and economic recovery. Regarding the prisoner exchanges, the Yemeni Government welcomes the completion of the implementation of the first phase of the process of exchanging prisoners and detainees between the Government and the Houthis under the joint auspices of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“All of those issues are increasing the human suffering of our citizens and exacerbating the catastrophic effects of the continuing escalation, not to mention the constant obstacles imposed by the Houthi militias on humanitarian operations and their blatant interference in the work of humanitarian relief agencies. They have been diverting aid away from the needy, preventing the passage of food trucks and basic commodities to the governorates under their control, in a flagrant violation that threatens the lives of millions, and imposing illegal levies in order to steal from merchants and raise the price of food commodities for the people.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“Over the past year, the economic file has been a top priority for the Presidential Leadership Council and the Government, which has carried out reforms aimed at promoting the effective and coherent work of our economic institutions in order to achieve economic recovery and concrete improvement in the indicators of the general budget, raising total revenues, maintaining relative stability for the national currency, creating job opportunities and improving food security. All of those reforms have been carried out despite the Government’s reduced capacity, the contraction of the national economy by half due to the war’s repercussions and the Houthis’ continued attacks on ports and national oil installations. Since mid-2022 those attacks have cost us about $1 billion that should have gone to improve basic services and pay salaries.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“That is particularly important at this crucial stage, when we must coordinate all efforts to compel the Houthi militias to deal seriously with the joint endeavours of Saudi Arabia, Oman and the international community and to return to a comprehensive political process sponsored by the United Nations. We stress the importance of monitoring the behaviour of the Houthi militias, for which past experience is the best evidence. The reality has not changed, and they continue to violate their obligations under international law, international humanitarian law and human rights law on a daily basis.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“All of that reflects a blatant disregard for the efforts for calm and the renewal of the humanitarian truce, in a clear confirmation of the militias’ lack of real determination to engage in the efforts for peace and to cease their attacks and war on the Yemeni people. While my Government appreciates the Security Council’s united condemnation in its press statement (SC/15251) of the Houthis’ escalation and the terrorist attack on 25 March, we renew our call to the Council and the international community to realize the seriousness of that escalation and provocative acts.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“The Yemeni Government affirms its eagerness to end the suffering of the Yemeni people and its positive engagement with the efforts of all brothers and friends aimed at a complete ceasefire and the launch of a comprehensive political process led by the United Nations, through its Special Envoy to Yemen, so as to establish peace, end the conflict, empower and restore State institutions and achieving the security and stability that Yemenis desire. My Government addressed the Council last month (see S/PV.9282) regarding the recent military escalation of the Houthi militias in the governorates of Ma’rib and Shabwah. That resulted in a new human tragedy by displacing thousands of civilians and families, mostly women and children, in addition to the Houthi militias’ terrorist attacks targeting the Governor of Taiz and other officials.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“We stress the need for any proposed political initiatives or solutions to this crisis to be based on a comprehensive assessment of the conflict in Yemen, addressing its causes and limiting its repercussions and effects on the various political, economic, social and humanitarian fronts in a way that prevents a recurrence of the cycle of fighting and violence, and that meets the aspirations of the Yemeni people to build their national, civil, democratic and modern State based on respect for human rights, justice, equality, the rule of law and guaranteeing public freedoms.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“We reiterate our support for the efforts of our brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Sultanate of Oman, as well as all the other commendable efforts and endeavours made at the regional and international levels and aimed at ending the Yemeni crisis and achieving comprehensive and sustainable peace based on the agreed political terms of reference — that is, the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcomes of the comprehensive national dialogue conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, especially resolution 2216 (2015).”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“Here we are again, with another opportunity to really test how serious the Houthi militias are about achieving peace and ending the humanitarian crisis that they have caused. The Presidential Leadership Council stresses once again its commitment to building the sustainable peace and safe future that the Yemeni people deserve. In that context, the Yemeni Government commends the continued efforts of the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to alleviate the humanitarian suffering and revive the peace process in Yemen, as part of its initiative announced in March 2021.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“Despite fully implementing the humanitarian truce provisions after it expired while supporting efforts for its renewal upon instructions from His Excellency Mr. Rashad Al-Alimi, Chair of the Presidential Leadership Council, and following concessions after concessions, the Houthi militias sought to thwart all the benefits that had been achieved for the Yemeni people and chose unprecedented escalation. They launched attacks against ports and economic facilities and continue to threaten the safety and security of international navigation. Today, as diplomatic momentum is building up, optimism prevails once again in Yemen as conditions are now more conducive than ever to achieve peace.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month. We sincerely wish you all success in discharging your duties. I also thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the friendly country of Mozambique, for his successful presidency last month. I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg and Ms. Ghada Mudawi for their briefings. Two weeks ago, one year had passed since the agreement on humanitarian truce under the auspices of the United Nations and its entry into force. That truce was a glimmer of hope for the Yemeni people as a positive step towards achieving a comprehensive ceasefire and reviving the peace process. However, all hopes were quickly dashed when the Houthi militias refused to extend the truce in October of last year.”
2023-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9304 (2023) · source
“We emphasize the need to continue to work expeditiously in that regard, and to ensure the necessary financing to implement all phases of the rescue plan and to avert that imminent and ongoing threat.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“We also value the brotherly roles of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in various economic, development and humanitarian matters, which seek to assist Yemen and support its efforts to restore the State, peace and stability, in particular those countries’ support for promoting the Yemeni Central Bank reserves, as well as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s provision of oil derivatives in order to support the oil sector and maintain basic services. In conclusion, we also welcome the implementation of the first phase of the United Nations plan for addressing the situation of the FSO SAFER oil tanker. My country values those efforts and stands ready to facilitate United Nations efforts to avert an imminent environmental, humanitarian and economic disaster.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“We call on the Council to take the necessary measures to facilitate the safe return to the competent Yemeni institutions of the looted Yemeni cultural heritage. In that connection, we are grateful for the efforts of the American security services, which made it possible to seize and return 77 cultural items to the Yemeni Government. I also thank Switzerland and Sweden for having hosted the high-level pledging conference as part of the humanitarian response plan for 2023. I thank the brotherly and friendly countries for their humanitarian honourable positions and their support for the humanitarian response plan in Yemen and their continued efforts to reduce the suffering of the Yemeni people. We will always remember their positions, and they will form an integral part of our fraternal and friendship relations.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“Pressure must be brought to bear on the Houthi militias to release all detainees and abducted persons, including the four individuals noted in the relevant Security Council resolutions, as well as the journalists, academics and others who have been imprisoned for their opinions. Efforts aimed at ensuring the release of those prisoners and putting an end to obstacles by the Houthi militias to the resolution of that humanitarian issue must continue. Yemeni cultural property and heritage are being systematically looted, destroyed and smuggled as a result of the conflict. We call on the international community, in particular the Security Council, to take effective and practical measures to safeguard Yemen’s cultural heritage.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“The Yemeni people are closely following the seventh meeting of the Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the Detainees Exchange Agreement, which is being held in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations. I thank Switzerland for hosting that round of negotiations. We reiterate that the Yemeni Government is committed to releasing all detainees, hostages and prisoners, in accordance with the principle of the unconditional release of all detainees, in order to put an end to their suffering and to allow them to reunite with their families based on the Stockholm Agreement. We underscore that the issue of the detainees remains a priority for the United Nations, the Special Envoy and the Security Council. Indeed, that issue has remained unresolved for too long.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“The Yemeni Government sincerely believes in dialogue and the peaceful and diplomatic resolution of disputes. We underscore the importance of the principle of non-interference in the domestic affairs of other States. We support all serious and sincere efforts undertaken in good faith to achieve peace and stability in the region. We also hope that the agreement between the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran will lead to a new phase of good relations in the region. We hope to see Iran stop interfering in Yemeni affairs and to see a real change in the behaviour of the Iranian regime and its destructive polices towards my country and the region. The month of Ramadan is drawing near.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“Since the end of the truce, several operations to smuggle Iranian weapons, munitions, rocket fuel and explosive material have been aborted, including through the confiscation of thousands of assault rifles that were on route to the Houthi militias. That demonstrates that the Iranian regime is stepping up its arms smuggling to the Houthi militias. We call on the Security Council to fulfil its responsibilities for maintaining international peace and security, and to put an end to the destructive behaviour of the Iranian regime, which continues to interfere in my country’s domestic affairs by continuing to support those militias and to hinder all efforts to end the Yemeni crisis The Iranian regime insists on prolonging the conflict in Yemen and the region and endangering regional and international peace and security.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“Today, there is an opportunity for humanitarian support to play a role in achieving economic stability by channelling humanitarian funds through the Central Bank of Yemen. That will greatly strengthen the efforts under way to achieve economic recovery, maintain currency value and improve living standards, while also integrating development priorities and needs in order to achieve a rapid recovery. Those are urgent issues. We cannot wait until the end of the war to deal with them, in particular because the emergency assistance offered to the Yemeni people will not last for a long time. My country’s Government commends the intensive international efforts under way to implement the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“The economic dossier is a top priority for the Presidential Leadership Council. The Government is committed to supporting economic and development stability in Yemen. We have been putting plans in place to advance economic recovery, reconstruction and resilience. During recent months, the Yemeni Government, with the support of the Presidential Leadership Council, implemented a number of structural reforms to strengthen the role of vital institutions and ensure economic and monetary stability in the country, along with reforms of monetary policy and measures to strengthen banking and financial institutions, while also combating money-laundering and the funding of terrorism.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“The Houthi militias fabricate charges against women, while torturing, blackmailing, intimidating and sexually harassing them in retaliation for their political, media and human rights activities. Like the Taliban, the Houthi militias impose restrictions on women in the areas under their control. The Houthis restrict women’s movement and deprive them of their basic rights by not allowing them to move among cities and governorates, unless accompanied by a male mahram. Those militias separate the people in educational facilities and governmental institutions on the basis of their gender. They deprive women of their right to a good education and to work outside the house. Yemeni women have been deprived of the ability to participate in political and social life and the opportunity to contribute to building their society.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“In addition, the Houthi militias are creating obstacles to hinder the work of international humanitarian organizations, including by impeding access to humanitarian aid and relief operations. The conflict in Yemen has lasted almost nine years. Now, when the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is being held, we note that many of the gains made by Yemeni women have been eroded. The Houthi militias continue to violate the rights of Yemeni women and repress them. The militias use sexual violence against women and deny them their political, economic and social rights, while abducting hundreds of Yemeni women and putting them in secret jails.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“Moreover, Houthi militias continue to instil terrorist and extremist ideologies in children and are recruiting them in their war against the Yemeni people. We warn of the future catastrophic results of child recruitment in schools and derailing the education process from its objectives, as a result of which Yemenis will pay the price for generations to come. The Houthi militias continue to drive citizens from their homes. In Yemen today, more than 4 million people are internally displaced. Civilians are subjected to arbitrary detention, torture and forced disappearance in the prisons of those militias. In addition, the widespread and arbitrary use of mines and unexploded munitions is causing innocent people — mostly women and children — to lose their lives on a daily basis.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“We have respected all the truce provisions — namely, opening Sana’a airport to international flights and allowing ships to enter the port of Al-Hudaydah, despite the fact that the Houthi militias insist on refusing to open the main roads to the besieged city of Taiz and on refusing to approve a truce extension, thereby imposing obstacles to peace and continuing their violations. Recently, they targeted the national economic facilities and the oil-export ports, which led to the interruption of oil exports and deprived the State of its most important national revenues for the payment of salaries and the provision of basic services. State institutions and food security were also jeopardized and the humanitarian crisis was exacerbated.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“That will lead to a new cycle of violence and chaos, with new waves of displacement and migration. That will also be the beginning of a long period of instability, ultimately leading to further conflicts that will threaten the security and stability of Yemen and the region, as well as the safety of international navigation. In order to bring about an end to the humanitarian suffering, we must first end the war and achieve peace. The truce agreement reached in April last year presented us with a real opportunity to achieve that. The Government of Yemen provided all the necessary compromises in order to extend and sustain the truce as a starting point for realizing a comprehensive ceasefire and resuming the political process.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“However, peace cannot be achieved without a true partner who renounces war, believes in a political partnership and in equal rights for all Yemenis, rejects violence as a means of imposing a political agenda and believes in the State as the sole holder of power and arms. Any negotiated peaceful solution to the conflict in Yemen must therefore involve a comprehensive process that includes all those pillars and allows for a settlement of all issues, including the true cause of the conflict. The Houthi militias must renounce their so-called divine right to rule the Yemenis; otherwise, the long-awaited peace we desire will only serve as a temporary cure and a means for the Houthi militias to attempt imposing what they could not achieve through the war.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“The Presidential Leadership Council reaffirms its commitment to a lasting and comprehensive peace on the basis of the agreed political terms of reference — namely, the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcome of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference and the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, in particular resolution 2216 (2015), which forms the basic foundation and framework of the United Nations-led peace process. My country reiterates our support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General and for all regional and international efforts aimed at reviving the truce and resuming the comprehensive political process led by the United Nations and owned by Yemenis.”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the Security Council’s presidency for this month. I wish you every success in discharging your tasks. I also congratulate your Japanese predecessor on his successful presidency in February. I join previous speakers in conveying my sincere condolences to your country, Mozambique, and to Malawi, for the lives and property lost due to the recent cyclone. My thanks also go to Ms. Joyce Msuya and Mr. Hans Grundberg for their briefings, and to Ms. Albana Dautllari, Deputy Permanent Representative of Albania, for her report on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014).”
2023-03-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9282 (2023) · source
“We once again call on the United Nations to expedite the implementation of the salvage plan in accordance with the proper procedures to avoid an imminent and unfortunate disaster. We warn against the manipulation and procrastination of the Houthi militias and the exploitation of that dossier for political blackmailing.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“In conclusion, the situation of the FSO SAFER tanker poses a serious threat to Yemen, the region and the world. Unless that dossier is dealt with urgently, the region and the world may one day wake up to an environmental, humanitarian and economic disaster, which will double the human suffering and will cost tens of billions of dollars if it occurs, in addition to disrupting international shipping lanes and destroying the economic and living resources of millions of people in Yemen and the region. The Yemeni Government expressed its support and readiness to facilitate the United Nations-led efforts to address the situation of the tanker. However, serious concern about the prolonged delay in the implementation of that plan cannot be ignored.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“The Government of Yemen appreciates the United Nations-led efforts to alleviate the scale of human suffering exacerbated by Houthi terrorist attacks on oil and economic facilities, aimed at cutting off revenues needed to pay salaries and provide basic services. In addition, the complexities of the economic situation imposed by the Houthi militias by preventing the circulation of the national currency in the areas under their control are pushing more Yemenis to rely fully or partially on humanitarian aid. Therefore, we call on the international community to provide generous support to the Yemen humanitarian response plan for 2023, pressure the Houthi militias to stop their terrorist attacks, allow the circulation of the national currency throughout Yemen and stop the procedures imposed on banks operating with humanitarian organizations.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“In view of the repeated attacks and terrorist acts by the Houthi militias on the Yemeni people and neighbouring countries, the National Defence Council decided to classify them as a terrorist organization, a measure that requires the Security Council and the international community to move from condemning those terrorist acts to collective action to deter them by including the Houthi militias in the Security Council’s list of the terrorist groups as a means of pressure to return to the peace track and the political process, especially since resolution 2664 (2022) has ensured the removal of any sources of concern related to the delivery of humanitarian aid.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“Therefore, we call on the Council to shoulder its responsibilities for the maintenance of international and regional peace and security and to stop that destructive behaviour, through which the Iranian regime aims to escape from internal responsibilities and meet the demands of the Iranian people, while destabilizing the security and stability of the region by supporting terrorist militias. Over the past years, the war has destroyed Yemen’s cities and countryside, crushed livelihoods and turned the country into an active hotbed for exporting violence in an attempt to turn my country into a springboard for threatening the security of the region and the world.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“The Iranian regime continues to transfer weapons and military technology, including ballistic missiles and drones, to the Houthi militias, in flagrant violation of international resolutions, in particular resolutions 2216 (2015) and 2624 (2022). The interception of a group of ships carrying Iranian weapons bound for Yemen since the end of the truce, including a ship carrying more than 50 tons of ammunition, fuses and propellant for missiles and another ship carrying quantities of missile fuel and explosive materials, in addition to a ship carrying 2,116 assault rifles, were all en route to the Houthi militias. The Tehran regime is escalating arms smuggling operations in preparation for a new round of conflict in Yemen.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“In an unsurprising step similar to that taken by the Taliban, the Houthi militias impose the mahram system and deprive Yemeni women of their right to education and to participate in public life, at a time when the importance of the role and participation of women at all levels, including efforts to provide humanitarian aid and participate in the political process, is evident. All the efforts of the Council and the United Nations will continue to fall short as long as the rogue Iranian regime continues to interfere in the internal affairs of my country. That regime continues to support the Houthi militias in prolonging the war, taking the lives of thousands of Yemenis and endangering regional and international peace and security.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“In the light of the procrastination, threats and evasion adopted by the Houthi militias, the approach adopted during the past period has brought Yemenis nothing but a further tightening of the Houthi grip around the necks of Yemenis and prolonging the conflict, while enabling the militias to undermine all efforts aimed at achieving peace. That has led to deepening the humanitarian, economic and social crisis, while the Houthis continue to brainwash millions of children in so-called summer camps, recruiting them and thrusting them into the front lines. They are also violating women’s rights, assaulting them and using sexual violence as a means of suppressing the voices of Yemeni women.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“Our many experiences with those militias, the latest of which are the truce efforts, prove to the world with conclusive evidence what the Yemeni Government has repeatedly warned with regard to the fact that the Houthi militias unfortunately have no desire for peace, but are working to exploit the efforts of the United Nations as a cover for their terrorist behaviour against civilians and civilian facilities in Yemen and the region, threatening international shipping lines and evading any entreaties within the peace efforts. All of that requires the Council and the United Nations to find a new approach to the peace process.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“The Presidential Leadership Council reaffirms its commitment to the option of peace and supports the efforts of the United Nations to end the conflict and achieve sustainable peace based on the terms of reference of the political solution in Yemen, namely, the Initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council and its implementation mechanisms, the outcomes of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, especially resolution 2216 (2015). However, peace cannot be achieved without a real partner who abandons the option of war and believes in equal rights for all Yemeni people, and who abandons violence as a means of imposing his political agenda.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“While my country’s Government appreciates the Council’s unified voice in condemning the Houthi terrorist attack of 21 October 2022 in a statement to the press issued by the Council, such statements are no longer enough, and greater commitment to peace in Yemen must be demonstrated by using all means of applying pressure on the terrorist Houthi militias and the Iranian regime that supports them.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“Most dangerous of all is the insistence of those terrorist militias on rejecting the option of peace and pushing towards violence and a return to the beginning of the conflict through their terrorist escalation that targets civilians, displaced persons and the capabilities of the Yemeni people. My country’s Government has addressed the Council over the past months about the flagrant violations committed by the Houthi militias, their continual terrorist attacks on ports and economic facilities and their explicit threats to Member States of the United Nations.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“Despite the fact that the Yemeni Government, under the guidance of the Presidential Leadership Council, continues to show absolute flexibility by continuing to facilitate commercial flights to and from Sana’a airport and enabling fuel ships to reach the port of Al-Hudaydah to alleviate human suffering, the Houthi militias continue to deepen the human suffering of Yemenis by manipulating the fuel black market, obstructing the work of banks and financial institutions and creating a parallel economy by preventing the circulation of national currency notes in the areas under their control.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their briefings. More than three months have passed since the Houthi militias refused to renew and expand the truce, which was aimed at alleviating the human suffering of the Yemeni people.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to express my sincere wishes for success in your tasks. I also thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of India, for her successful presidency last month. I take this opportunity to express our appreciation and thanks for the role played by India, Kenya, Ireland, Mexico and Norway during their membership in the Security Council and to express our sincere wishes for success to Japan, Mozambique, Ecuador, Switzerland and Malta during their membership in the Council, which begins this month. I also thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Mr.”
2023-01-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9244 (2023) · source
“In conclusion, the Yemeni Government reaffirms its full support for the United Nations plan to address the situation of the FSO SAFER oil tanker in order to prevent an environmental, humanitarian and economic disaster. We call for a speedy transition to the implementation of the plan and welcome the announcement by the United Nations that field work will begin to empty the tanker in the first quarter of 2023. We stress the need to maintain pressure on the Houthi militias to prevent their continued manipulation of that dossier and use it as a political blackmail card.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source