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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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“We commend the role of our brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and their continuous efforts to alleviate the suffering of Yemenis and the response of the two brotherly countries to the development needs that will result in the implementation of a number of vital projects, in addition to the hoped-for improvement in the value of the national currency and economic conditions. We also appreciate the support provided by the United States of America and the United Kingdom to strengthen the account of the Central Bank of Yemen by $300 million from the International Monetary Fund’s Special Drawing Rights, in a move that will support the national currency, continue the import of food commodities and improve living conditions.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“The Yemeni Government, based on the directives of the Presidential Leadership Council, approved the preparation of a strategy according to well-studied mechanisms that include the legal and economic tracks and ensure that the decision to classify the Houthi militias as a terrorist group does not affect commercial activity and the private sector, as well as the smooth flow of food commodities and the implementation of a number of reforms in the field of institutional and service building, fighting corruption and protecting rights and freedoms, including activating the role of judicial and oversight bodies, in addition to assessing the level of implementing the plan of economic, financial and administrative reforms, activating the performance of State institutions, working to accelerate the implementation of those reforms in a way that will reflect positively on the national economy and Government efforts during that stage, and arranging priorities in line with urgent needs and alleviating the suffering of citizens.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“Those militias compelled thousands of children and young people to be soldiers and sent them to die in crematoriums, began to obliterate the Yemeni national identity, crushed rights and societal gains and eliminated the climate of coexistence and pluralism that prevailed in Yemen throughout history. In addition, today more than 80 per cent of our population is waiting today for aid from relief agencies because of the intransigence of the Houthi militias and their rejection of all efforts and endeavours to establish peace, stop the war and end the catastrophic human suffering.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“In that regard, we appreciate the role of the Special Envoy and his team in order to establish peace and stability in Yemen, and the importance of redoubling the pressure of the international community and the Council on those militias to deal positively with peace efforts and give priority to the interest of the Yemeni people over the interests of the militias leaders and supporters of the Iranian regime. The Houthi militias have caused the killings of approximately half a million Yemenis, including women and children, displaced about 5 million others, internally and across other countries and continents, and planted millions of internationally banned mines, devices and other explosives. As members have heard, 170 tons of explosives and explosive material sent by the Iranian regime to the Houthis were confiscated.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“We call on the international community to find a realistic approach to dealing with the Houthi militias by moving from condemning such terrorist acts to collective action to address the terrorist threats by classifying the Houthi militias as a terrorist group, having demonstrated their aggressive and terrorist nature, which poses a threat to peace in Yemen, the region and the world. The Yemeni Government warns that the terrorist attacks on economic facilities and infrastructure will obstruct the Government’s efforts, destroy the foundations of the national economy and the capabilities of the Yemeni people, exacerbate the catastrophic humanitarian crisis and lead to the Government’s inability to pay the salaries of employees and fulfil its obligations to provide basic services to its citizens, as well as torpedo peace efforts.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“That reflects the terrorist nature of that group and is a flagrant challenge to all international appeals by the Security Council to extend the truce, stop the escalation and positively engage with the efforts of the United Nations through its Special Envoy for Yemen, while maintaining the peace track and resuming the political process. That requires the international community and the Security Council to assume their responsibilities, take firm measures against that dangerous escalation and put an end to those threats and terrorist acts, which seek to prolong the conflict in Yemen and threaten regional and international peace and security.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“In addition, they impose restrictions against rights and freedoms, while preventing women from travelling by air and setting up security check points to prevent them from travelling between different governorates. Recently, they imposed the so-called job code of conduct, which compels all civilian employees to adopt the extremist ideologies of the Houthi militias, and whoever refuses to accept is to be terminated from their job. Every day, those militias launch new threats targeting national economic infrastructure in Yemen and in neighbouring countries, including by sending letters to some Members States of the United Nations saying that commercial ships flying their flags in territorial waters or when approaching Yemeni ports could be attacked.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“Those terrorist acts have led to preventing exports from those vital ports, with the aim of creating comprehensive humanitarian and economic crises across the country and obstructing the economic reform process that had been launched by the Presidential Leadership Council and the Yemeni Government over recent months. Moreover, those militias have developed other means to threat international maritime shipping by randomly placing mines in international shipping routes and attacking commercial tankers with drones, booby-trapped boats and guided missiles, not to mention piracy and the seizing of ships. Those militias also sponsor black markets for oil derivatives, even though millions of tons of fuel are flowing into Al-Hudaydah port.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“Although the Presidential Leadership Council has fully accepted and supported the truce in order to move from war to peace and meet the aspirations of the Yemeni people, those militias seek to undermine all the achievements made for the Yemeni people during the past six months. They have evaded the entitlements of peace while targeting the economy and the infrastructure by perpetrating a determined war crime, including targeting the ports of Al-Dabeibah, Al-Nusheima and Qan‘ah ports in Hadramaut and Shabwah governorates in recent weeks, and repeating that yesterday on 21 November when they launched a new terrorist attack using Iranian drones targeting the Al-Dabba oil terminal in Hadramaut when a commercial oil tanker was anchored in the port.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“The Presidential Leadership Council reiterated its commitment to all the truce items and remains committed to them to this day, notwithstanding the refusal of the Houthi militias to renew the truce, not meeting their commitments and not opening the main roads to Ta’iz, which has been besieged for eight years. The Yemeni people had hoped to witness another step towards achieving peace that would yield more benefits for them through renewing the humanitarian truce for an additional six months, allowing more travel destinations and paying salaries for civil servants, in line with the 2014 register, in the regions under the Houthis control.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“At the time when our Yemeni people cherished the hope of reviving the peace track by agreeing on the humanitarian truce under the auspices of the United Nations, and optimism reigned in Yemen after eight years of war and stalemate, that hope dissipated as expected when the Houthi terrorist militias, supported by Iran, chose to unprecedentedly escalate the situation and refused to renew the truce. That clearly proves hindering of the peace efforts and continuing their terrorist actions in Yemen and beyond. It also proves that those militias do not want peace, so as to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people and end the catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Their rejection also threatens security and stability in Yemen and the region, as well as completely undermining peace efforts.”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your country’s presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish you every success in your tasks. I would also like to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Gabon, for a successful presidency last month. I also thank Mr. Grunberg and Ms. Ghelani for their briefings. The Presidential Leadership Council once again reiterates its commitment to comprehensive and lasting peace on the basis of the agreed terms of reference of the political solution, namely, the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its Implementation Mechanism, outcomes of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference and relevant Council resolutions, particularly resolution 2216 (2015).”
2022-11-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9199 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, the Yemeni Government recognizes the importance of the distinctive role played by women when it comes to achieving social cohesion, socioeconomic and political transformation. It also recognizes their ability to be resilient and make fundamental contributions to peacebuilding. In that regard, we thank all our regional and international partners, in particular the Government of Norway, which supported Yemen in the implementation of our national action plan for women, peace and security by providing funds and expertise. We call on the international community as well as sisterly and friendly countries to lend further support to the Yemeni Government so that we can meet our commitments in relation to fulfilling the women, peace and security agenda.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Consultations are currently ongoing in the Presidential Leadership Council to appoint two women to the governmental team that will negotiate with the Houthi militias on achieving a comprehensive peace and resuming the political process. The Yemeni Government welcomed the early 2021 decision taken by the Security Council Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) to list the Houthi leader, Sultan Zaben, as a terrorist. He played a major role in terrorizing, detaining, torturing and raping Yemeni female political activists held in secret prisons. Even so, the Houthi militias have continued their violations against Yemeni women, depriving them of their political and economic rights while limiting their freedom of movement, despite it being a basic right guaranteed by the Constitution.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The Presidential Leadership Council also adopted important measures for promoting the meaningful participation of women by appointing eight women to subsidiary committees of the Presidential Leadership Council, who will contribute their expertise and technical support to creating conditions conducive to achieving a comprehensive and lasting peace, including the participation of women leaders in the efforts to establish and implement a United Nations truce and the work of the group negotiating with the Houthi militias to reopen the main roads to Tai’z governorate, which has been besieged for more than eight years. The Presidential Leadership Council appointed a female judge to the Supreme Judicial Council, which represents an additional improvement in the composition of the judiciary.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In that context, the Presidential Leadership Council is committed to upholding the Charter of the United Nations, advancing peace, ending human suffering, promoting equal citizenship and empowering women and young people in order to realize their goals.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The Ministry of Social Affairs is working with the Ministry of the Interior and civil society organizations of young people and women to identify the security concerns of women, men and children, as well as to identify gaps in the security sector and issue recommendations for adopting protection and preventive measures against all aspects of violence and establishing an electronic system for reporting and documenting such matters. Efforts are under way with various ministries to integrate the women and peace and security agenda into their institutional structures with the aim of building capacity for policymaking and planning. Women’s participation in decision-making leads to radical changes in achieving transitional justice.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Yemeni women also participated in delegations to peace negotiations. The Yemeni Government issued a directive to reactivate the women’s national committee after the interruption of its work following the coup by Houthi militias, which had resulted in the loss of all the committee’s achievements for Yemeni women at the national level. The committee is currently reactivating its branches in the governorates in order to provide essential support for women’s work, women’s issues and women’s development We have also set up a national commission, including women representatives, which will investigate alleged violations of human rights, in particular violations against Yemeni women in all governorates, and will refer violations to special courts in which perpetrators will be prosecuted.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“It includes programmes to implement the four strategic goals of protection, participation, prevention and assistance, with the participation of political decision makers and policymakers from all levels of Government, including security authorities, women-led civil society organizations, young people, academia and the private sector, with a view to implementing national programmes based on the principles of partnership, inclusive leadership and accountability. Yemeni women participated in the Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference held in January 2014, which was a major national event and an exemplary forum that reflected women’s interests and political will; indeed, 30 per cent of the participants were women. Women also participated in the constitutional drafting committee, which included four women among its 17 members.”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): I would like at the outset to thank you, Madam President, for convening this important debate on the theme “Strengthening women’s resilience and leadership as a path to peace in regions plagued by armed groups”. Women play an essential role in all areas of life, including through their participation in political life and socioeconomic reconstruction, in addition to their pivotal role in preventing and resolving conflicts, peace talks, peacebuilding, maintaining peace, humanitarian response and post-conflict reconstruction. The Government of Yemen has adopted a national action plan in accordance with resolution 1325 (2000).”
2022-10-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9158Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We should put an end to the manipulation of the militias and their use of this dossier as a card for political blackmail.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, the Government of Yemen appreciates all efforts aimed at avoiding an environmental, humanitarian and economic catastrophe off the coast of Yemen, which would have repercussions for the region and the world. We reiterate the need to make greater efforts and mobilize the necessary resources to fill the financial gap and drain the FSO SAFER oil tanker without delay. The obstacles posed by the Houthi militias must not prevent us from shouldering our moral responsibility to stop more than a million barrels of oil leaking into the Red Sea, which would threaten to cause an imminent and destructive catastrophe that could surpass by a factor of four the repercussions of the accident involving the Exxon Valdez oil tanker in the Pacific Ocean.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“The Yemeni Government continues to develop a matrix of financial and administrative reforms to manage resources and monitor and follow up on the swift processing of the support provided by our brothers and international partners, as well as to implement a package of projects that would enhance services, protect the livelihoods of our people and empower State law- enforcement institutions. We look forward to receiving further contributions from the international community to close the financial gap in the humanitarian response plan and to support the Government programmes and plans for ensuring stability and economic recovery, which would alleviate the humanitarian suffering of Yemenis.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“The Government also commends the generous support of our brothers in the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the sisterly United Arab Emirates in various fields, including through the implementation of service projects with costs exceeding $1 billion. We also commend the support of the United States of America and acknowledge the humanitarian relief pledges from the European Union and the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, the funding gap is widening, thereby threatening to end additional life-saving relief programmes, including the provision of food and health care. We thank all donor countries that have provided the financing needed to ensure the extend the mandate of the United Nations Verification and Inspection Mechanism.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“Climate-change-related are causing costly destruction and death, especially with the collapse of the Government-sponsored protection and care network. We therefore have limited options to save lives. The price hikes on fuel and basic goods and the disruption of global supply chains owing to the latest geopolitical challenges and the coronavirus disease pandemic have doubled the humanitarian and economic suffering in Yemen and exacerbated food insecurity in the country. Accordingly, the Yemeni Government reiterates its support and appreciation for the United Nations- led relief efforts in Yemen to alleviate the suffering of our people. We commend the engagement of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs with the Government to ensure the best implementation of humanitarian programmes.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“Pressure must be brought to bear on them to engage with peace efforts under the leadership of the United Nations without preconditions, and dialogue must be prioritized in the interests of the Yemeni people, instead of war and satisfying the ambitions of the Iranian regime in Yemen and the region. This war has led to the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives and left dozens of thousands of casualties. It has pushed more than 20 million civilians into a cycle of hunger. It has also displaced millions of people across countries and continents and pushed more than 4 million people to internally displaced persons camps, where they live under very harsh conditions. It has destroyed livelihoods and brought pandemics.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“In addition to their violations and military parades in Al-Hudaydah, in flagrant violation of the Stockholm Agreement and resolutions 2451 (2018) and 2452 (2019), the leaders of those militias even issued statements and threatened oil companies and facilities, as well as cargo ships, that they would disrupt international navigation. This is a serious threat and a dangerous escalation that will have repercussions on the Yemeni economy and infrastructure. It will also lead to deepening the economic and humanitarian crises as well as threatening security and peace in Yemen and the region, in addition to fuel supplies. Such threats and terrorist acts necessitate a firm stance from the international community and the Security Council to stop the exploitation of Yemen by those militias as well as their efforts to hinder the peace process.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“The Government also facilitated 102 commercial flights to and from Sana’a airport, overcoming the obstacles created by the Houthi militias through demanding official travel documents. Despite the Houthis’ rejection to extend and expand the truce, the Yemeni Government has continued since 2 October to facilitate the regular arrival of fuel vessels into Al-Hudaydah port and the commercial flights through Sana’a airport to ensure the interests of the Yemeni people and support the efforts of the United Nations to achieve a comprehensive and sustainable peace, while the Houthi militias continue to escalate their military operations on various fronts, resulting in more than 1,400 dead or injured persons among the military ranks and 96 civilians during the period of the truce.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“Despite the Houthi militias’ evasion of their obligations over the past six months pursuant to the truce, and despite their intransigence to open the main roads in Taiz and lift the siege that has continued on that city for eight years, the Yemeni Government has maintained the truce by exercising restraint and facilitating the delivery of more than 1,435,000 tons of fuel through Al-Hudaydah port. The tax and customs revenues from that delivery amounted to more than 203 billion Yemeni rials, looted by the Houthi militias, who deprived civil servants in areas under their control of their salaries and, instead, used the money for their military operations and personal benefit.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“That is in line with our efforts to alleviate the human suffering of all our people in all governorates without discrimination. The main objective of the truce is to stop the bloodshed of Yemenis caused by the war of the Houthi militias and ensure the free movement of civilians, commercial goods and humanitarian aid. However, the Houthi militias have deliberately evaded commitments to peace by fabricating successive complications and imposing conditions to thwart the truce, thereby prolonging the war and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis. The Yemeni people are aware of such conduct, and the international community is witnessing it first-hand.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“While the Government commends all the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General to extend and expand the truce and continues its support for him in achieving a comprehensive and just peace, it stresses that expanding the truce should not be at the expense of the future and aspirations of Yemenis or the country’s sovereignty, and empowering the Houthi militias. We also commend the position of the international community and the Security Council on the crisis in Yemen, and we call for the activation of that position to deter the conduct of the militias and bring more pressure to bear on them to choose peace and end the war. The Yemeni Government received the Special Envoy’s recent proposal positively and, by renewing the truce, sought to expand the benefits to all Yemenis.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“In that context, the Presidential Leadership Council reaffirms its firm commitment and adherence to peace and to constructive engagement in all regional and international efforts to establish peace and stability in Yemen and end the conflict in accordance with 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 Security Council resolutions, in particular resolution 2216 (2015).”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“The militias have not responded to the calls by the Security Council and the international community to abandon the choice of war and give precedence to the language of dialogue and the interests of Yemenis by extending and expanding the truce that has been in place since 2 April. The truce brought many benefits to the Yemeni people as a result of the significant concessions made by the Yemeni Government to alleviate the human suffering. The Yemeni Government has shown all kinds of flexibility and cooperation with the Special Envoy to overcome all the obstacles created by the Houthi militias.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“Now more than ever, that situation requires that the Security Council and the international community shoulder their moral and historical responsibilities and take a firm position of deterrence to put an end to the acts and provocations of those militias, as they impede the peace efforts and the political process. They must be pushed to engage constructively in the efforts of the Security Council and the United Nations to stop the bloodshed of the Yemeni people and to agree to extend the truce as a glimmer of hope until we achieve a total ceasefire and resume the political process to put an end to the conflict. The United Nations-led peace efforts in Yemen have suffered a major setback due to the intransigence of the Houthi militias and their insistence on exploiting the suffering of the Yemeni people for political and military gains.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish you and your friendly delegation every success. I would like to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of France, for his successful presidency last month. I would also like to thank Mr. Grundberg and Ms. Msuya for their briefings. The Government of Yemen welcomes Ms. Msuya’s visit to the country to see first-hand the humanitarian situation caused by the armed Houthi militias.”
2022-10-13 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9152 (2022) · source
“However, to date, those efforts have not led to tangible results because the Houthis continue to blackmail the international community through this crisis. Time is not on our side. We need to prevent this catastrophe. The Security Council and the international community need to work on this issue. Once again, we call for bridging the funding gap in the United Nations plan so as to avoid this unfortunate catastrophe.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“Efforts need to be redoubled to urge the Houthi militias to meet their commitments, foremost of which is opening crossings and main roads in Taiz and other cities during the current truce extension, while releasing hostages and detainees pursuant to the principle of all for all and addressing other important issues. Currents intensify in the southern Red Sea at this time of the year. There are also threats of deployment of naval mines around the FSO SAFER oil tanker, which exacerbates the threat of an explosion or an oil spill from the tanker. Once again, the Yemeni Government warns against the environmental, economic and humanitarian situation that could be caused by the tanker, which would affect Yemen, the region and the world. The Government has expressed its support for the United Nations-led efforts to address the situation.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“We wonder before the Council how many civilians, including women and children, need to be killed before ceasing this war, putting an end to the Houthi crimes, their violations in Taiz and other parts of Yemen and holding perpetrators accountable. We call upon the Security Council and the international community to review how they deal with the Houthi militias. They need to bring genuine pressure to bear on the Houthis so that they engage with goodwill in de-escalation efforts and achieving peace, and so that they not use the truce for further military mobilization or to launch the next round of escalation.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“The militias continue to target civilians with snipers, drones and missiles, even during the truce, which has led to the deaths of dozens of civilians. Houthi militias recently shelled a neighbourhood in Taiz, where 11 children fell victim while the Special Envoy’s military adviser was there to monitor the truce. That is yet another crime committed by the Houthi militias. Sending wrong messages about perpetrating such crimes would encourage the Houthis to perpetrate more violations with impunity. That crime is to be added to the list of violations that the militias have been perpetrating over the past seven years.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“That proves that those militias disregard the Council’s efforts and calls to end the suffering of more than 4 million civilians in Taiz. Instead, they are restricting their movement, forcing them to take dangerous mountain routes, causing the death of dozens of them and exorbitant financial losses. Those militias are also preventing the delivery of relief and humanitarian assistance and goods. The Houthi militias continue to escalate their crimes and the deliberate killing of children in Taiz, which is under siege. They did so just hours before the extension of the truce, in blatant disdain for Yemeni lives and non-commitment to the truce provisions, in flagrant violation of the efforts and will of the international community and the Security Council.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“Once again, we call upon the international community to continue to keep Yemen at the top of its priorities and provide further support in order to alleviate human suffering in the country, especially in the light of current international circumstances and the increase in fuel and food prices. The siege on Taiz by the Iran-supported Houthi militias has entered its eighth year. That constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity that needs to be lifted immediately without delay. Those militias are circumventing the truce as they continue to practice all kinds of stubbornness and procrastination on the humanitarian dossier. They refuse to open main roads while Yemenis, including women and children, are losing their lives at crossing points.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“The Yemeni Government also appreciates the generous support provided by sisterly and friendly countries, especially our brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, whether directly or through the humanitarian response plan, to alleviate the human suffering of the Yemeni people. However, despite the support received, humanitarian operations remain unable to reach all those in need, whether due to funding shortages threatening to halt relief projects or further stumbling blocks imposed by the Houthi militias, which are diverting assistance away from those in need.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“The Presidential Leadership Council is working on a set of financial and administrative reforms to manage, monitor and follow up on resources while facilitating and receiving support provided by our brothers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. We are implementing a package of projects to improve services for our citizens and to promote State law enforcement institutions to alleviate the human suffering caused by the war launched by the Houthi militias. The Government looks forward to receiving further support from the international community for its programmes and plans to ensure stability and economic recovery and reintegrate development priorities and needs, while seeking to achieve early recovery.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“Those flights have transported more than 15,000 travellers, despite the numerous stumbling blocks imposed by the Houthi militias. Thirty-four oil tankers had passed through the port of Al-Hudaydah by 10 August, carrying over 1 million tons of fuel products. The taxes and customs fees from those products exceeded 130 billion Yemeni rials, which is enough to cover the largest share of the salaries and pensions of civil servants in the areas controlled by the Houthi militias. However, those militias continued to collect those revenues and deprive employees of their salaries. They are using those revenues to fund their war against the Yemeni people and prolong the conflict.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“Those developments since the truce prove that the Houthi militias are undermining de-escalation and peace, instead laying siege to civilians, looting revenues and using the humanitarian dossier as a bargaining chip to mislead and blackmail. Our patient Yemeni people have fallen victim to the pressures of the destructive war, the repercussions of which have been grave at all levels. Today we reaffirm — as we have reaffirmed before — that dialogue remains the best way to end the conflict. The Houthis must seize the opportunity for peace, embark upon dialogue and avoid further war and escalation against the Yemenis and their neighbours in the region so as to save our Yemeni people from further humanitarian suffering. The Yemeni Government had facilitated 33 round- trip flights from and to Sana’a airport by 10 August.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“My country’s Government reaffirms its full commitment to ensure that the humanitarian truce is successful. We will continue to implement all of its provisions and build upon it to ensure a comprehensive ceasefire, end the conflict, alleviate human suffering and facilitate the lives of the Yemeni people, who are suffering under the authority of the Houthi militias. Those militias have proven that they are not serious or willing to achieve peace, while at the same time thwarting every effort to achieve that goal. They renege on their commitments in line with the truce and continue to perpetrate acts of aggression and violations. There have been more than 50 violations every day, resulting in 187 martyrs and leaving 910 others wounded.”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me, Mr. President, to congratulate you on presiding over the Security Council and to wish you and your friendly delegation every success. I also thank Mr. Grundberg and Ms. Mudawi for their briefings. I welcome the new Permanent Representative of India and congratulate her on her country’s national holiday. The Yemeni Government renews its commitment to a comprehensive and sustainable peace based on the terms of reference of the agreed political solution, namely, the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its Implementation Mechanism, the outcomes of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolution 2216 (2015).”
2022-08-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9110 (2022) · source
“We also express our hope that the next report of the Secretary-General will provide more details and information on violations perpetuated in areas under Houthi control and will propose practical and effective measures to stop grave violations against children in Yemen. We further call on the United Nations and international partners to support the Government in helping to rehabilitate children affected by the conflict, establishing effective programmes for children’s reintegration in society in order to ensure their mental and psychological well-being and creating an environment conducive to ensuring children’s education and the preservation of their rights so that they can enjoy peaceful and stable life, as other children do throughout the world.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Lately, Houthi militia leaders have stopped the teaching of Yemeni school curricula in primary schools and, instead, focused exclusively on material that serves their agendas, goals and outcomes, which poses a serious threat to the current and future generations in Yemen and to the security and stability of the region. In conclusion, the Yemeni Government reiterates its eagerness and readiness to continue to collaborate and support United Nations efforts, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the country team in Yemen in ending the violations of children’s rights and their use in armed conflict. We call on the international community and the Security Council to exert pressure on the Houthi militias to stop their crimes and violations against children in areas under their control.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Among the broadest and gravest violations by the Iranian-supported Houthi militias are those perpetrated against children, including girls, by using them in, and recruiting them for, armed conflict — killing them, maiming them, abducting them, exposing them to sexual violence and using them as human shields, as well as attacking schools and hospitals and using them for military purposes. All of that is in addition to denial of humanitarian aid to those in need. Those militias also devote weekly sessions and lectures for pupils, trying to incite them to enlist and choose war and jihad while exposing them to motivational videos in order to incite children and encourage them to go to war. That was detailed in the reports of the Panel of Experts of the Sanctions Committee in its 2021 report (see S/2022/50).”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source