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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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“However, we regret that the report did not mention all the statistics and information on the grave violations perpetrated by Houthi militias in recruiting thousands of children in so-called summer camps, which is one of the largest campaigns of child recruitment witnessed by humankind. The Houthis seek to brainwash children by teaching them about violence, hatred, radicalization and rejection of others while pushing them into the battlefields. Children in areas under the Houthis control suffer from their crimes and their disregard for the life and future of those children, who die either as recruits, human shields or mine victims. They also die as a result of explosives planted by Houthi militias, which kill Yemenis, including children, on a daily basis or result in permanent disabilities.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We continue to train Government officials on means of protection, the latest of which was implementing a training programme for a group of seven officers, training them on the protection of children in conflict. In turn, they trained 203 non-commissioned officers in various military zones. We also undertook a number of other measures that fit the reality of the war while focusing on its causes. The latest of those efforts was the launching of a child protection campaign in Aden in the month of May, which coincided with a visit to Yemen by the team from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. We welcome the recognition in the Secretary- General’s report of those efforts by the Yemeni Government, which resulted in the delisting of the Yemeni armed forces from annex II.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“That close cooperation yielded a number of field visits and rehabilitation and training workshops and sessions, while also activating focal points and resuming the meetings of the joint technical committee. We reiterate the importance of continuing that collaboration in order to protect all Yemeni children from all forms of violations. The Yemeni Government continues to take a series of measures in order to protect children from the impact of conflict as part of its commitments and in partnership with the United Nations. We continue to provide care and protection for children who are victims of conflict, and we provide them with various forms of aid and assistance, particularly emergency aid.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In March 2018, the Deputy Supreme Commander of the armed forces issued a military circular to the effect that the armed forces of Yemen must abide by the national regulations and legislation, which are in line with international laws and instruments that criminalize the recruitment and use of children in conflicts. In that circular, there is a demand to abide by the protocol on releasing children who are arrested during armed operations and to hand them over to the civilian bodies that are in charge of protecting children and rehabilitating and reintegrating them into society, together with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre. Over the past two years, the Yemeni Government has consolidated its cooperation with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“First and foremost among those initiatives, in 2012 the Yemeni Government ratified the Paris Principles to protect children from illegal recruitment and their exploitation by armed groups. In 2014, the Government signed with the United Nations a joint action plan to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children by the Yemeni armed forces. In 2017, we ratified the Safe Schools Declaration in order to prevent the use of schools for military purposes and to protect them from the impact of conflict. In 2018, we also signed a road map in addition to the protocol on the release of children in armed conflict.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We also welcome the commending of the efforts of the Yemeni Government to protect and ensure the rights of Yemeni children through engagement with the United Nations at all levels in order to end all forms of violations against children in Yemen and to prevent their use and recruitment in armed conflict. The Yemeni Government, based on its responsibilities, spares no effort in maintaining and protecting the rights of children. Despite difficult circumstances and challenges as a result of the conflict, the Government took many steps and measures in that regard, which we list as follows. The Yemeni Government ratified a number of treaties and international instruments and took a number of measures to ensure the protection for children in armed conflict.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset. I would like to thank Brazil for convening this important meeting to discuss children in armed conflict. I would also like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres and his Special Representative Mrs. Virginia Gamba de Potgieter for their efforts to protect children in areas of armed conflict. This topic constitutes a priority for the Yemeni Republic given that it is a country that suffers from armed conflict. The Yemeni Government welcomes the delisting of the Yemeni armed forces from annex II to the Secretary- General’s report on children and armed conflict covering 2021 (S/2022/493), which is long overdue.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Reports note that the Houthi militias are placing naval mines in large areas of the Red Sea, including near the oil tanker. This poses a serious threat to maritime security in the Red Sea, as well as to United Nations efforts to manage the oil tanker situation. We urge the Security Council and the international community to exert pressure on the Houthis to ensure that they are committed to the plan. We reiterate our call to complete the financing of the plan so that the effects of the imminent disaster can be avoided.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“They ignore the dangers of such a crime against present and future generations of Yemeni children, their inherent right to life and the security and stability of the region and the world. The Houthis signed an action plan with the United Nations. However, they are striving not to implement it. Rather, they continue to deceive the international community while the Houthis continue to recruit thousands of children and push them into their absurd war. While I address the Security Council today, the FSO SAFER oil tanker situation is continuing to deteriorate. This is an imminent and unprecedented economic, environmental and humanitarian disaster in Yemen. It will affect the neighbouring countries, reach the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean and undermine international maritime routes.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“Indeed, the Houthi militias continue to recruit thousands of children. They use them in their war despite the fact that a truce is in place and efforts are being made to reach a political settlement and a ceasefire. Scenes from the so-called summer camps of those militias show their leaders luring children below the age of 15 and training and brainwashing them with extremist ideas and slogans of death, violence and hate. That confirms that the Houthi militias are preparing for a new round of escalation. They are using children as fuel while the international community and the United Nations are silent vis-à-vis the broadest child- recruitment operation in the history of humankind.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“We have demonstrated all kinds of support for these efforts and sought to address those obstacles that hinder such efforts. Nonetheless, the main challenge in the area of humanitarian work is access to those in need. Many countries are experiencing food insecurity and a spike in prices. However, insufficient financing, in particular for the humanitarian response plan, is depriving millions of needy people of basic necessities. Humanitarian organizations in areas controlled by the Houthi militias are encountering obstruction and acts of diverting aid from those in need. The Panel of Experts, in its report to the sanctions committee established pursuant to 2140 (2014), stated that the Houthi militias are also preventing Yemeni families from getting humanitarian aid if their children do not join the Houthi ranks and fight on their side.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“In that context, the Yemeni Government values the generous assistance given and the humanitarian approaches taken by our brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, in particularly through the allocation of $3.3 billion in support to the Yemeni Central Bank and other programmes and projects in the humanitarian and development areas, including the Saudi Programme for the Development and Reconstruction of Yemen. These efforts are welcomed by the Yemeni people and the Yemeni political leadership because of the tangible contribution they make in various areas of development and delivery of services. The Yemeni Government also commends the efforts made by the United Nations and other international partners aimed at alleviating humanitarian suffering in Yemen.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“We also reiterate the importance of resolving the humanitarian issue of captives and detainees, which is on the list of the priorities and concerns of the United Nations, the Special Envoy and the Council. The efforts to ensure their release and remove the obstacles created by the Houthi militias with regard to the issue must continue. The economy is a main priority for the Presidential Leadership Council. The Government is therefore committed to supporting economic and developmental stability and promoting humanitarian and relief work to establish development by adopting plans and programmes that can achieve economic recovery, support reconstruction and promote resilience.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“What we are seeing now is once again a prolongation of the situation that has existed since the Stockholm Agreement was signed in 2018. We reiterate our call to the international community and the Security Council to act swiftly to pressure the Houthi militias to take advantage of the prospects for peace and meet their obligations under the truce. We call for an unconditional reopening of the roads to Taiz to ease its residents’ humanitarian suffering, which would demonstrate that the militias are serious about accepting a political settlement. Peace requires genuine partnership, good faith and serious work, which have been lacking on the part of the Houthis so far.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“The Yemeni Government reiterates the importance of implementing all provisions of the truce, including lifting the siege on Taiz and reopening the main roads to that city prior to discussing any other issues. I would like to point out that it took more than six weeks for the Houthi militias to appoint their negotiating team for the talks on Taiz, after which they refused to engage in discussions on reopening the main roads, although they have insisted on opening secondary roads. As the Special Envoy mentioned today, they then rejected his proposals even after he visited Sana’a in an attempt to convince them. Their behaviour shows that they are not serious and that they are determined to prolong the negotiations, circumvent the truce and blackmail the international community.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“And while the Yemeni Government has demonstrated flexibility and acted positively regarding all the humanitarian efforts, while making many concessions to ease people’s suffering — such as reopening Sana’a airport and resuming commercial flights and regular fuel imports through the port of Al-Hudaydah — those efforts have been exploited by the Houthi militias for military and political gains. During the truce their earnings from those gains have reached more than 90 billion Yemeni rials, which they are using to finance their war on the Yemeni people and to enrich their own leaders rather than paying the salaries of civil servants in the areas they control in line with the agreement with the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General and the Stockholm Agreement.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“We have also accepted the extension of the truce, which represents the Yemeni people’s hope for a comprehensive ceasefire and a resumption of negotiations on a political settlement of the conflict that would prevent further bloodshed, despite the daily violations of the truce perpetrated by the Iran-backed Houthi militias on all fronts. They are creating new military sites, mobilizing and repositioning forces, transferring equipment, smuggling weapons and continuing to shell civilian residential areas in Taiz, Ma’rib, Al-Hudaydah and elsewhere. As I speak, Houthi militias are bombing Martyrs’ Square in the city of Taiz, where Eid Al-Adha celebrations are taking place.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“With the aim of ending the conflict and easing the people’s suffering, the Presidential Leadership Council and the Yemeni Government have committed to supporting every possible regional and international effort to bring about comprehensive and lasting peace, based on the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcome of the National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolution 2216 (2015). We continue to fully support Special Envoy Grundberg’s efforts.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and to thank Albania for presiding over it last month. I am also grateful to Mr. Grundberg and Ms. Msuya for their briefings. The long-suffering Yemeni people have continued to endure the considerable, indeed almost immeasurable humanitarian and economic consequences as the Houthi militias have continued their war and their escalation of violence, which has resulted in a dreadful humanitarian crisis at an enormous economic cost. Millions of Yemenis have been displaced, forced to leave their homes after seeing their livelihoods seriously impacted.”
2022-07-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9088 (2022) · source
“We would not have been confronted with that danger were it not for the intransigence of Houthi militias over the past few years. They have been using the tanker issue as a political bargaining chip. We once again call on the Security Council and the United Nations to act swiftly and exercise maximum pressure to ensure that the Houthis abide by the United Nations plan. We also call upon the international community to continue to fund and implement that plan in order to avoid such a disaster, from which it would cost billions of dollars to recover should it occur.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“Unfortunately, the international community remains silent in the face of the largest child-recruitment campaign in history, while ignoring the dangers of that crime for Yemen, the region and the world, along with its disastrous implications for the thousands of Yemeni children who have been deprived of their natural right to life. In conclusion, the Yemeni Government reiterates its full support for United Nations efforts to address the FSO SAFER oil tanker issue and will provide all the necessary arrangements to ensure the success of those efforts in order to avoid an imminent environmental, humanitarian and economic disaster. Its repercussions would extend beyond Yemen, threatening maritime navigation routes and endangering countries bordering the Red Sea.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“That would contribute to creating jobs, promoting growth and economic recovery projects, developing infrastructure, providing basic services to citizens, preparing for the reconstruction phase and achieving the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Houthi militias continue to recruit tens of thousands of children in so-called “summer camps”, in flagrant violation of children’s rights, national legislation and international instruments. Those militias brainwash children with extremist ideas imported from Iran — slogans of death, violence and hatred — with the aim of forcing them into battle. Their actions demonstrate that, even while the truce is still in place, they are preparing for another round of escalation and intend to use children as fuel for their futile war.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“The Presidential Leadership Council and the competency Government assign high priority to economic stability and reforms, including the establishment of a mechanism to make rapid use of the generous grants provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the amount of $3.3 billion dollars, which will contribute to stabilizing the currency and improving living and economic conditions. In that regard, we emphasize the importance of supporting a transformation of the working methods of United Nations agencies from rescue and humanitarian action to support, development and peacebuilding action, as well as ensuring the interrelated links between those areas, in accordance with the requirements of the new phase and the Government’s priorities.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“Despite that support, however, the humanitarian operations remain unable to reach all those in need, thanks either to a lack of funding, which risks halting relief projects, or as a result of obstacles created by the Houthi militias and the diversion of humanitarian aid from its intended recipients. We once again call on the international community to keep Yemen at the top of its priority list, integrate development needs in all humanitarian interventions, contribute to early recovery and provide more support to address the humanitarian crisis, especially in the light of the current global circumstances and the significant spike in food prices.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“The Yemeni Government calls once again on the Security Council, the international community and human rights organizations to compel the militias to completely and unconditionally lift the siege on Taiz in accordance with the terms of the truce, including by opening main roads, removing checkpoints and barriers and allowing freedom of movement for citizens and the smooth flow of foodstuffs and basic commodities. Pressure also must be put on them to release prisoners and detainees, based on the principle of all for all. The Yemeni Government appreciates the generous support provided by sisterly and friendly countries, whether directly or through the humanitarian response plan, to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“From the very beginning, the Houthis’ continued violations and failure to respect the humanitarian truce have demonstrated the approach of the militias and their sponsors in undermining efforts to achieve peace and a political solution to the Yemeni crisis. The daily human suffering of more than 4 million civilians in Taiz, considered the largest governorate in terms of population density, under the brutal siege that the Houthi militias have imposed for more than seven years, is a war crime, a crime against humanity and a flagrant violation of international law and the relevant conventions.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“The Yemeni Government has exercised restraint since the beginning of the truce, despite the Houthis’ daily violations, which include artillery fire, the mobilization and deployment of troops and overflights and bombing by drones, which claimed the lives of 72 martyrs and injured 267 national army troops during the first two months of the truce. Yesterday alone, the Houthi militias, with the support of Iran, committed 80 violations of the United Nations truce on various battle fronts. These continued violations of the truce are testing the international community and the Council, which must put pressure on the militias to respond to peace efforts. Peace cannot be achieved without a genuine partner.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“The Government stresses that the intransigence of the Houthi militias regarding Taiz, their seizure of more than 90 billion Yemeni rials in tax and customs revenues from petroleum products at the port of Al-Hudaydah during the first two months of the truce, along with their refusal to pay the salaries of civil servants, demonstrates to Yemenis and the international community that they do not care about the people’s suffering. Rather, they are using their suffering to make political gains, as they continue to loot sources of revenue to finance their war and their ongoing aggression against the Yemeni people for their own personal enrichment, which is intolerable.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“At the same time, the Houthi militias continue to renege on their commitments under the truce and to obstruct United Nations and international efforts to move forward on a path to peace, thereby exacerbating the humanitarian crisis. Notwithstanding the militias’ attempt to hinder commercial flights from Sana’a airport, in contravention of the provisions of the truce, the Presidential Leadership Council has made many concessions and demonstrated enormous flexibility in facilitating flights to and from Sana’a airport and enabling the regular entry of petroleum products through the port of Al-Hudaydah so as to ease the humanitarian suffering of the Yemeni people.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“Grundberg’s work succeeds and to maintain the truce, which is a step towards a comprehensive ceasefire and a resumption of negotiations that can lead to a political settlement based on the agreed terms of reference, that is, the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcome of the National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, especially resolution 2216 (2015). The decision of the Leadership Council to agree to extend the truce for another two months is based on its firm commitment and approach to alleviating the suffering of the Yemeni people and its refusal to use humanitarian issues as bargaining chips.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“Over the years of the conflict they have laid more than 1 million mines, which have claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians and have disabled many women and children, and Yemenis will continue to suffer from their tragic repercussions in the future. The Presidential Leadership Council reiterates its full commitment and continued efforts to achieve a comprehensive and sustainable peace to end the conflict. It has done its utmost to ensure that Mr.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to wish you every success. I also thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of the United States, for her successful presidency of the Council last month. I am grateful to Mr. Grundberg, Ms. Mudawi and Ms. Al-Salafi for their briefings. Mr. Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, and a number of Council members mentioned the use of landmines in Yemen. I want to draw the Council’s attention to the fact that it is the Houthis who have been indiscriminately planting them.”
2022-06-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9063 (2022) · source
“Therefore, the efforts of the Council to end the conflict and protect civilians must be translated into the implementation of its resolutions and the adoption of a decisive approach to deterring and holding accountable the violators of those resolutions and preventing the smuggling of weapons, which are used to prolong the war and exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Those weapons impede any progress in the peace process led by the United Nations to end the Yemeni crisis and achieve a just and sustainable peace based on the agreed parameters of the political solution.”
2022-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9042Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Despite the extraordinary efforts of the national army and the Masam project to clear mines, the randomly laid mines and the lack of maps pose a great challenge to those efforts and will remain a threat to the lives of future generations for decades. We call on the Council to take measures to pressure the Houthis and ensure that they hand over all mine maps without delay. The Iranian regime’s supply of weapons, including ballistic missiles, to the Houthis is a clear violation of relevant Security Council resolutions, especially resolutions 2216 (2015) and 2231 (2015), and also demonstrates a disregard for the efforts of the international community to maintain regional and international peace and security.”
2022-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9042Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The Houthi militias have manufactured nearly 2 million mines and explosive devices and deployed them in more than one of the areas of Yemen that they control, leading to the subsequent deaths and injury of thousands of civilian victims, especially among women and children. While civilians have attempted to benefit from the window of hope offered by the truce, their movement on mine-infested roads between towns and villages has led to a high number of civilian casualties. That weapon paralyses the movement of Yemenis and threatens the lives of millions of civilians and displaced people, who are trapped between the Houthi bombardment to which they are exposed in cities and camps and the mines laid in their homes, streets, cities, farms and grazing areas, which represent the livelihoods of millions.”
2022-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9042Resumption1 (2022) · source
“We reiterate the need for the international community and the Security Council to find a way to lift the siege of Taiz; open the crossings; end the restrictions imposed on the freedom of movement of individuals and goods urgently and unconditionally; ensure humanitarian access to those in need; and stop the obstruction perpetrated by Houthi militias, their interference in the work of international organizations and their diversion of the flow of aid away from those who deserve it. We also reiterate the importance of transparently reporting on those violations. Mines represent one of the most serious dangers facing civilians in conflict areas in Yemen, which signed the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty in 1997 and destroyed its stocks of that terrible weapon.”
2022-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9042Resumption1 (2022) · source
“The Yemeni Government has worked to implement its obligations under the Stockholm Agreement, which included provisions for starting consultations to lift the siege; however, the Houthi militias have continued their fierce campaign against the city’s residents. Today, nearly two months after the start of the truce sponsored by the United Nations, which again included engaging in consultations to lift the siege of the city, those militias continue to disavow their commitments and use human suffering as a means of political gain.”
2022-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9042Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In addition, they are recruiting children at so-called summer camps, brainwashing them with ideas of hatred and extremism and throwing them into battle. All of that is in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and all international norms. The Houthi crimes against civilians have extended to taking the population as hostages in entire cities and villages, using them as human shields, using schools as weapon stores and systematically sniping at civilians. Those militias also continue to besiege cities, denying the population freedom of movement or access to water and food and using starvation as a method of warfare. Protecting civilians in Taiz from bombardment and the continued seven-year Houthi siege is a humanitarian priority.”
2022-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9042Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Despite the continuing United Nations truce in Yemen, which is mainly aimed at alleviating the human suffering of Yemenis, the Houthi militias have repeatedly violated the truce in the city of Ma’rib, with a population of 4 million people, more than 2 million of whom are displaced. They have also committed violations in the Al-Hudaydah, Dhale and Hajjah governorates, among others. Those are some of the most prominent examples of how the lives and safety of civilians are being endangered in a situation of conflict. The Houthi militias continue to target civilians and civilian objects with ballistic missiles, drones and other heavy weapons, leaving dozens dead and hundreds injured, most of them women and children, and destroying schools, hospitals and places of worship.”
2022-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9042Resumption1 (2022) · source
“Mr. Al-Saadi (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to sincerely thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate to address the urgent need to protect civilians in conflict situations. It is the responsibility of the international community and the Security Council to take effective measures to protect civilians in cities and displacement camps from acts such as the terrorist attacks being committed by the Iran-backed Houthi militias against civilians and civilian objects in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which constitute a flagrant violation of international law and international humanitarian law. They also represent a real threat to vital civilian infrastructure, energy supplies and global economic stability and undermine regional and international peace and security.”
2022-05-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9042Resumption1 (2022) · source
“In conclusion, the Yemeni Government supports all efforts to address the issue of the FSO SAFER oil tanker and avoid an imminent disaster, with serious potential humanitarian, economic and environment consequences for Yemen, countries of the region and the world. As the Government facilitates the United Nations efforts in this regard, we warn against the manipulation by the Houthi militias of this particular dossier, because they may well shift their position for the purpose of political blackmailing, as they have done over the past three years. We therefore reiterate our appeal for support and financing for the United Nations plan to avert a disaster. We call on the Council once again to continue exerting pressure on those militias to eliminate the danger posed by the oil tanker.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“That is why the Yemeni Government is sparing no effort to implement many reform and development projects to stabilize the economy and to control inflation and the exchange rate, thereby improving the humanitarian situation for all Yemenis. The Yemeni Government highly commends the generous support of $3 billion pledged by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to promote the economy and development. Nevertheless, we reiterate our call on the international community to enhance its support and help the Yemeni Government to implement recovery programmes and promote sources of income as a pivotal means to address the humanitarian crisis, instead of relying on relief aid.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“We once again urge the international community to maintain Yemen as a top priority and provide more support to end the humanitarian crisis, especially in the context of current international circumstances and the spike in the price of food and fuel. We call on the Security Council once again to use all possible means to stop the Houthi militias’ manipulation of the humanitarian dossier. The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs has repeatedly warned the Security Council of the deteriorating economic situation in Yemen, which is one of the most important factors leading to a dangerously deteriorating humanitarian situation in the country. Peace cannot be achieved in Yemen without development.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“However, that will not be possible if the Houthi militias do not opt for peace and make genuine concessions for a better future for Yemen and its people The Yemeni Government appreciates the generous support provided by sisterly and friendly countries, either directly or through the humanitarian response plan, to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people. Nonetheless, humanitarian operations do not have access to all those who need assistance, due either to a lack of funding for the rescue projects or to obstacles imposed by the Houthi militias, which are diverting humanitarian aid away from those who deserve it.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“Our Government has even communicated directly with the countries noted in the truce agreement to receive those flights and designated its representatives on the Taiz committee with a view to lifting the siege on the city, whose residents have been suffering from an unprecedented siege amid silence from the international community. We call on the Security Council to first assume its moral responsibilities and then exert more pressure on the militias to stop their aggression and respect the truce. They must lift the siege on Taiz, release those captives, in accordance with the principle of all for all, and engage in the peace process led by the United Nations to end the war. The Yemeni Government is prepared to do everything it can to meet the aspirations of our people for peace, security and prosperity.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“The governorates of Ma’rib, Al-Jawf, Sa’dah, Hajjah, Al-Hudaydah, Taiz and Dhale were subjected to persistent attacks by the Houthis, who have used ballistic missiles that kill innocent people and destroy civilian infrastructure, thereby forcibly displacing more people, further complicating the humanitarian situation and undermining the efforts of the United Nations and relief agencies. The Yemeni Government is committed from the outset to all the truce provisions, be it allowing access to ships transporting fuel through Al-Hudaydah ports or taking all measures necessary to operate direct flights via Sana’a International Airport.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“However, the Houthi militias rejected all invitations for engaging all dialogue, stopping bloodshed and achieving peace. The Houthi militias have chosen to pursue war, not peace, to realize their goals and they insist on remaining a tool in the hands of Iran. His Excellency the leader of the Presidential Leadership Council, Mr. Rashad Al-Alimi, has stressed that the Council will end the war and establish peace and that it is a council for peace but also a council of defence and unity to defend the country’s sovereignty and protect its citizens. Early this month, the Security Council gave its blessing to the truce declaration announced by the Special Envoy. The Government supports it and is committed to respecting its provisions, despite flagrant violations by the Houthis.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“In that connection, I commend from this rostrum the historic decision by His Excellency former Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour to form the sovereign Presidential Leadership Council and to confer his full powers upon it, and who shouldered his past responsibilities amid very complex and challenging historic circumstances. I also take this opportunity to express the appreciation of the Yemeni Government for the efforts made by the GCC in hosting the intra-Yemeni consultations and creating all the conditions conducive to ensuring that those consultations were successful. That was a historic turning point in the Yemeni crisis, and it proved the commitment of our brothers in the GCC to unite the Yemeni people with one voice, including the Houthi militias, which were also invited to participate in the consultations at the last minute.”
2022-04-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9017 (2022) · source
“This reaffirms that the Yemeni Government functions in a comprehensive environment based on pluralism, dialogue and consensus for Yemen’s present and future, as well as for achieving just and lasting peace through the peace process led by the United Nations and its Special Envoy, Mr. Grundberg. That process is based on the agreed political terms of reference: the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcome of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, foremost among which is resolution 2216 (2015).”
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“While that path has been obstructed with challenges by the Houthi militias, the Yemeni Government has made many concessions to alleviate human suffering and put an end to the war imposed by the terrorist Houthi militias. The Yemeni wisdom on the path of peace was illustrated by the historic decision taken on 7 April by His Excellency former President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour to form a Presidential Leadership Council and to confer his full powers upon it. The new Council has been made far more representative of all the civic-oriented Yemeni political strata, with the aim of restoring State authority.”
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