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Alyemany

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first: 2014-11-19
most recent: 2018-05-22
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“Regretfully, the recent visit of the Special Envoy was met with the intransigence and aggression of the leaders of the coup. Today, on the fourth day of the holy month of Ramadan, we are facing a lost opportunity, with the increasing suffering of the Yemeni people, who are at the mercy of the militias of death. After more than two years of a coup d'etat led by the Houthi militias, in association with the former President, and with the support and incitement of Iran, Yemen is experiencing one of the most horrific humanitarian tragedies. The victims of the coup are on the rise, Yemenis have been displaced to the four corners of the planet, famine has spread as have diseases - the last of which was the dreadful cholera outbreak. Thanks to the support of the international community, Yemen had eradicated cholera in past years.”
2017-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7954 (2017) · source
“The group of 18, which sponsors the political operation in Yemen, has also issued a statement strongly condemning that criminal act and calling upon the leaders of the coup to undertake a full investigation of the crime. It came at a time when the Special Envoy carried new proposals to resume peace efforts, including a truce during the holy month of Ramadan, as well as arrangements to hand over the city of Hudaydah to the legitimate Government and the exit ofthe Houthi militias from the city as a first step towards resuming peace negotiations in Kuwait and signing such understandings. The Government of Yemen has expressed its initial acceptance ofthe peace proposals carried by the Special Envoy and its desire to put an end to Yemeni bloodshed.”
2017-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7954 (2017) · source
“Mr. Alyemany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your outstanding leadership of the work of the Security Council this month. We thank you sincerely for allowing us to address the Council. I begin my statement by pledging the full support of the Government and the people of Yemen for the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. We strongly condemn the assassination attempt against him in the occupied capital of Yemen by the Houthi militias allied to the former President's followers. On Monday, 22 May, the Government of Yemen issued its condemnation of that criminal act targeting the Special Envoy.”
2017-05-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7954 (2017) · source
“Furthermore, we reiterate our thanks and deep appreciation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Arab Republic of Egypt and all the Arab coalition countries that are working diligently towards restoring legitimacy in Yemen. We call upon all members of the Security Council to continue their unified efforts aimed at confronting and settling the crisis that began in 2011. Thanks to this unified stand, much has been achieved in Yemen. We call upon the Council to take a firm position against those responsible for the coup and pressure them to comply with the relevant international resolutions.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“In conclusion, I cannot but stress that the Government firmly believes in the serious work, in cooperation with Mr. Antonio Guterres, to revive the effective partnership required to restore Yemen. We invite the Secretary-General to visit the interim capital so that he can see the developments on the ground for himself. We call on all United Nations agencies to return to the interim capital of Aden now that we can provide the necessary facilities, including on the security level. We would also like to renew our full support to the efforts made by Mr. Ahmed, the Security Council and the Ambassadors of the group of 18 to bring about peace and stability in Yemen.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“As everyone knows, those responsible for the coup have, at the instigation of Iran and by using Iranian- made missiles, targeted the United Arab Emirates ship Swift and a Spanish vessel transporting liquid natural gas, as well as United States naval ships. Our armed forces achieved further victories in Nihm, near Sana'a. We have been forced to close the Sana'a International Airport to protect civilians and passengers. Given the current military clashes, the Government can in no measure ensure aerial navigation safety. People can, however, reach all parts of Yemen and use the airports in Aden, Seiyun and Riyan, where normal operations have been saliently illustrated by the resumption of departing and arriving commercial flights.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“I would like to thank Ambassador Koro Bessho, Permanent Representative of Japan, for his wise leadership of the Panel. Before concluding, I would like to underscore the victories that the Yemeni people and armed forces have achieved, as well as their courageous resistance in defeating the militias on all fronts, with the support of the alliance, to restore legitimacy in Yemen, under the leadership of Saudi Arabia and with the assistance of the United Arab Emirates. The latest such victory was the liberation of the port of Mokha and all areas south of the Red Sea. We have accordingly stood steadfast against all threats posed to international navigation.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“Why should we punish people by depriving them of their freedom simply because they refused to accept the coup d'etat? As we all know, the Council will meet tomorrow to discuss the final report (see S/2016/73) submitted by the Panel of Experts on Yemen. I met with the members of the Panel yesterday, and they stressed that their investigations proved that the Houthis and Saleh had no interest in peaceful solutions; they rely on violence as an instrument to achieve their ends. Former President Ali Abdullah Saleh still controls the billions of dollars that he stole and uses them to destabilize the country and finance the terrorist cells in Yemen. The Government has invited the Panel of Experts to all the areas that it controls. We will work for the success of the sanctions committee's efforts.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“I have personally sent letters to the former and current Secretaries-General, the President of the Security Council, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, the members of the Panel of Experts on Yemen established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014), and the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, appealing to their moral conscience to intervene and pressure the militias to end the suffering of those detained and set them free without preconditions or delay. We must allow their relatives to contact them and learn of their fate. To date, unfortunately, that has not been achieved. I told the Special Envoy that we, as the legitimate authorities in the liberated areas, hold no detainees at all. If there are any, we stand ready to discuss their release.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“The continued punishment of Taiz and the closure of its airport by those responsible for the coup should also be a cause of concern to the international community. Thousands of our brave Yemeni people, including journalists, students, activists, academics and politicians, continue to suffer under the yoke of imprisonment and detention by the militias, which have turned Yemen into a huge jail. By the end of 2016, the number of detainees had reached 4,414, with 204 of them children.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“Unfortunately, they are manipulating access to such commodities for blackmail and to subvert trade in order to make enormous ill- gained profits at the expense of the dire humanitarian situation faced by the people of Yemen. The upheaval created by those responsible for the coup d'etat has reached unprecedented levels, in total disregard for human dignity. They are recruiting women and children. Official reports indicate that the militias have recruited 10,000 children and thrust them into the line of fire. That is to be expected from people who have indiscriminately planted in our territory thousands of anti-personnel mineswhich are internationally prohibited. Our people will pay a steep price for such actions after the end of this criminal war.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“On 22 January, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs sent a letter to the Special Envoy requesting his urgent personal intervention to put pressure on the Houthis and Mr. Saleh to ensure that salaries reached those in need without any obstacles or interference. It is a humanitarian matter and not a political issue. We, in turn, call upon the Security Council to bring pressure to bear on coup leaders in order to facilitate the transfer of salaries to persons in areas under their control so that we do not add to the complexity of the humanitarian situation. I would like to express my Government's concern about ongoing Houthi militia exploitation of the port at Hudeydah, which they control, as well as other facilities for the provision of fuel, health-care supplies, medication and food.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“The looted billions from the Central Bank. That compelled the Yemeni Government to relocate the Central Bank to the interim capital, Aden, after the State declared bankruptcy. Over the past two months, the Government has tried to generate the necessary liquidity to pay the salaries of civil servants and military personnel. Despite the escalation of punishment by the coup leaders, who threatened any party that cooperated with the Government in facilitating the payment of salaries, yesterday we were successful in transferring all Sana'a salaries to the Al-Kuraimi Islamic Microfinance Bank. We have provided the Office ofthe Special Envoy copies of all the pertinent reports, agreements and checks.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“Ahmed stressed that the priority for reaching peace now is to start the work of the De-Escalation and Coordination Committee. The President has expressed his willingness to announce a cessation of hostilities - for the eighth time - if conditions are conducive to supervising such. Copious information has been provided on the humanitarian suffering in regions under the control of the coup leaders. Unfortunately, there is no talk about the carnage in Taiz. We would like to point out that a policy of collective punishment has been carried out against our people over the past two years in every area under the control of the coup leaders. The coup leaders have also been plundering the State's resources. They have taken all of the money in the Central Bank and have engaged in, and profited from, unlawful trading activity.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in the interim capital, Aden, on 16 January, the President stressed that the Government was willing to start work on the De-Escalation and Coordination Committee, which can hold meetings in Dhahran Al-Janoub, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in line with the Kuwaiti agreement, by which coup leaders refuse to abide. We, on the other hand, are committed to the agreement because we believe that no cessation of hostilities can remain in effect without activating all local committees. Accordingly, last December, the Government accepted the proposal put forward by the Special Envoy to convene a special workshop on the De-Escalation and Coordination Committee, which was scheduled to be held in the Jordanian capital. However, to date the coup leaders have refused to participate in the workshop. Mr.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“The Government of Yemen reiterates its commitment to peace 4 a trajectory that was started in Geneva, Biel and Kuwait. We will always be committed to sustainable peace based on those three terms of reference. That is why we refused the Kerry ceasefire plan and called upon the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen to provide a new plan that is informed by the outcome of the Kuwait meetings and try to build upon it. For we will not agree to setting an international precedent by legitimizing the coup d'etat or sustaining it in any way, shape or form. During a meeting between the President and Mr.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“When it was affirmed that it was difficult to implement that resolution, we underscored that, in sum, as perceived by our people and other friendly countries that yearn for stability in Yemen and full adherence to international law, that resolution means an end to the coup d'etat and a restoration of constitutional legitimacy. Coup leaders must abide by those terms and accept the presidency of President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour - the sponsor of the peaceful political transition in Yemen. Therefore, any other initiative or idea that is not in line with those parameters will be unacceptable and irrational because it will not lead to peace; it will result only in superficial solutions and the crisis in Yemen will continue.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“In the light of the ongoing war of annihilation, which was launched by Iran for the sake of its expansionist policies, we reaffirm our position that a solution must be based on the terms of reference governing a peaceful political transition in Yemen - terms agreed upon and supported by Yemen, the United Nations, the region and the international community - as well as a commitment to the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative, the outcome of the National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Security Council resolutions, in particular resolution 2216 (2015).”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“It is clear that that plan is falling apart because of the determination of our people and their noble uprising throughout Yemen to eradicate political factions intent on wiping out Yemen's democratic federal State project - the vision of His Excellency President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, backed by the Yemeni people and its social and political powers. Since the start of the Houthi coup against our State and its legitimate institutions, in September 2014, we in the Yemeni Government have remained resolutely determined to fully reject bullying and the use of weapons and force. Instead, we must rely on dialogue and accept the outcome of the National Dialogue Conference, which our people also accepted.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“The Yemeni Government and its delegation in New York are ready to work hand in hand with the Secretary-General to find a solution to the Yemeni crisis that would end the coup d'etat against the authority and legitimate institutions in Yemen, as well as the aggressive interference by Iran in the affairs of Yemen and of the wider region. Today marks two years since the start of the unjust war launched by Houthi militias that formed an alliance with the former President against our people and their Republic.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“Mr. Alyemany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to express my sincere gratitude to you, Mr. OlofSkoog, as Ambassador ofSweden and President of the Security Council, for giving us this opportunity to address the Council. This is an opportune occasion for us to express our sincere congratulations to your delegation and the brotherly delegations of Ethiopia, Kazakhstan, Italy and Bolivia at the start of the journey in the Security Council to promote international peace and security. It would be remiss of me not to express my sincere congratulations and good wishes to the Secretary- General, His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres. We believe that his competency will enrich the work of the United Nations.”
2017-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7871 (2017) · source
“We call upon all members of the Security Council to continue making the unified efforts that have accompanied the crisis in Yemen since it began in 2011. Because of the Council's unified position, a great deal has been achieved in Yemen in partnership with the Yemeni Government. This can be added to the impeccable record of the United Nations in conflict resolution in the world.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“I therefore call upon the Yemeni people to reject the devilish criminal militias that have transformed life in our nation into a real nightmare, so that we can implement together, once again, the outcomes of the National Dialogue that we formulated with our dreams and aspirations in order to catch up with the rest of humankind and build a federal, democratic, peaceful Yemen. In conclusion, Yemen highly appreciates the efforts of His Excellency the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, as well as those on the part of the Security Council and the Ambassadors of the Group of 18 for peace and stability in Yemen. We also renew our thanks and gratitude to our brethren in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt and the remaining States Organizationf the Arab Coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed well knows, that further pressure against the legitimate Government will lead to strengthening of the coup's forces and will not allow the international community to contribute to rebuilding the Yemeni State. On the contrary, that will fuel the coup forces and the idea that the international community is closer to understanding the Iranian expansion plan in Yemen. We have affirmed several times in this Chamber that the war in my country, Yemen, can end today. As I stated, that is based on the power of the Yemeni people and their rejection of the death banner raised by the militias, through raising their voices as one in rejecting and demanding an end to the coup and this unjust war against our great Yemeni people.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“All parties in Yemen, including political parties, military leaders, security leaders and elected leaders of local governate councils and youth groups and women's organizations, have issued statements in the past few days condemning any deviation from the path of peace and any attempt to thwart efforts to stop the conflict in Yemen. They have expressed support for His Excellency the President to prioritize the negotiations so that we can bury the coup and ensure victory to democracy and the Republic of Yemen. Today Yemen's sovereignty is represented by the presidency. It cannot be compromised, as it is the sole guarantor of the completion of the political transition in Yemen. To complete the new federal constitution, we have warned many times, as Mr.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“Peace will not be achieved without removing all those that have impeded the peaceful transfer of power in Yemen, sabotaged the transitional period, rejected the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference outcomes and waged war and destruction and threatened international peace and security and navigational activities in international waterways. Peace will not be achieved without removing every person so involved, including former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, his son Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh and Abdulmalik al-Houthi and their brothers and assistants.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“Any proposal that is not aimed at ending the coup and its withdrawal from all of the cities and the State institutions and the handing over of weapons and missiles and release of the prisoners, all of that would be taking the side of the militias and accepting the logic of terrorism and its control over the fate of nations. Sustained peace cannot be achieved by rewarding the coup masters for their coup and handing them authority on a golden plate. It cannot be achieved by keeping most of the weapons in the hands of the militias, while they continue to occupy villages and governorates and cities under the pretense of a gradual solution, while demanding an end to legitimacy. Peace will not be achieved by ignoring the recognized terms of reference and ignoring the sacrifices of the Yemeni people or their victories.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“When the consultations in Kuwait ended, owing to the refusal of the other side to interact with the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General, international efforts continued, leading to ministerial meetings of the four in Jeddah, New York and London. We in the Government welcomed the new efforts supplementing the United Nations efforts. We emphasize that any attempt to evade the three terms of reference for peace, as represented by the Gulf Cooperation Council initiative and its implementing mechanism, and the National Dialogue Conference outcomes and Security Council resolutions, including resolution 2216 (2015), all serve to stoke actions by the coup, and thus the violence in Yemen.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“We have continuously proposed painful concessions for the sake of peace in Yemen, while the coup masters continue to refuse a peaceful settlement and persist in carrying out militia activity. As a result some may have thought that we might propose measures to undermine sovereignty and the restoration of the State, resorting to security arrangements without guarantees or an understanding of the social, geographical and political background of the conflict in Yemen. While we emphasize the importance of the three terms of reference for peace in Yemen, the coup side has insisted on evading those solutions and continuing unilateral actions that have been rejected by the international community, such as establishment of a political entity to administer the State and appointing a coup-based Government.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“The choice of peace was, and remains, the choice of the Yemeni Government. It is our unwavering position, and the only alternative to end the suffering of our patient and strong Yemeni people, who have been continued to pay the price of an unjust war waged everywhere in Yemen by the militias of the Houthi and Ali Abdullah Saleh. We in the Government believe that peace is the only way to eradicate the criminal gangsters and warlords and to liberate the people from those murderers who, devoid of conscience, have destroyed our resources and valuable infrastructure and threaten our daily life. For the past two years, the Yemeni Government has demonstrated its positive and responsible position and participated interactively in initiatives of the international community.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“They have continued waging war and exploited the cessation of hostilities to smuggle mid-range missiles with a range of more than 600 kilometres, such as those that targeted the holy sites in Saudi Arabia that are sacred to all Muslims throughout the world. Iranian-made Noor and Kosar missiles - naval missiles that have been modified to launch from land to attack sea vessels - have targeted international waterways in the southern part of the Red Sea. Reports of the Panel of Experts on Yemen and the American Fleet in the region have confirmed the scope of the shipments from Iran to the coup masters in Yemen. The Security Council has failed to issue a single statement condemning that terrorism-sponsoring State, despite several communications transmitted by Member States to the Secretary-General and the Security Council.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“The Under-Secretary-General and the representative of the WFP have presented a glimpse into the dire humanitarian situation my country has reached. In areas under the control by those masterminding the coup, who are not Yemenis, access of humanitarian aid to the besieged city of Taiz has been impeded and access to the United Nations mission in the city has also been denied. This Organization failed to condemn that fact during the cessation of hostilities. Since the end of the talks in Kuwait, the coup party has refused to interact positively in the framework of the proposed peace process based on the three terms of reference.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“Hadi of the World Food Programme (WFP) for their briefings. We also thank all members of the Security Council for their statements, all of which reflect great concern with regard to the tragic conditions in my country, Yemen. Today, after two years of the coup in Yemen, the scene is depressing and dark. The Houthi militias, allied with the former President, have tampered with the fate of the Yemeni nation, looted our scare resources and paved the way for hunger, diseases and epidemics that devastate the people. They are telling all Yemenis either to accept the coup, the prevalence of sectarian politics and the Iranian plot in Sana'a, which creates permanent tension in the area, or to face death and destruction.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“Mr. Alyemany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to express thanks to you, Mr. President, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative of the friendly Russian Federation, for your wise leadership during the deliberations of the Security Council for the month of October and for granting us this opportunity to address the Council. I would also like to express thanks to His Excellency the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, for their great efforts to reach a peace agreement to end the coup against the Yemeni State and the tragedy of war launched by the Houthi militias and the pro-Saleh forces against our people since September 2014. We also wish to thank Mr. O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Mr.”
2016-10-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7797 (2016) · source
“We call on the Security Council to take a firm stand vis-a-vis the putchists, who have shown their rejection of all the commitments required to achieve peace and continue daily to obstruct the resumption of the peace process led by the United Nations.”
2016-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7765 (2016) · source
“We also appreciate the efforts of the Council and the Ambassadors of the group of 18, which are aimed at achieving peace and stability in Yemen. We renew our deep appreciation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and all other members of the Arab coalition in contributing to regain legitimacy in Yemen. The Government of Yemen appeals to all members of the Security Council to continue their unified efforts, which have accompanied the crisis in Yemen since its onset in 2011. Because of the unified stand of the Security Council, much has been achieved in Yemen, which can be added to the outstanding record of the United Nations in the settlement of disputes throughout the world.”
2016-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7765 (2016) · source
“In response, the Government of Yemen is working around the clock to lessen the destructive consequences of the chaos created by the war launched by the militias against our people. Yemen's National Independent Commission has taken up the grave violations of human rights committed against our nation and people. We in the Government of Yemen call upon the international community and the friends of Yemen to stand with our people to confront this intransigeance and rejection on the part of the putchists, thereby enabling the Government to assume its responsibilities for rebuilding Yemen. In conclusion, the Government of Yemen sincerely appreciates the tireless efforts made by the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy for Yemen.”
2016-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7765 (2016) · source
“At a time when the putchists continue raise the flags of death, we in the Yemeni Government continue our efforts to renew the hope of returning to a normal life in the areas in which the Government is present and of a democratic and federal State of Yemen in which everyone is a winner, living in peace and security with all our neighbours in the Gulf and the Arabian peninsula. The people of Yemen are suffering because of the war launched by the Houthi and pro-Saleh militias on the Yemeni provinces. That suffering has reached inconceivable levels in connection with public health, education and various services. On a daily basis, violations of human rights and international humanitarian law are being committed.”
2016-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7765 (2016) · source
“Those who are working towards peace have taken different stances with regard to dealing with militias whose slogan promotes death and who trade in death and destruction, introduce children to the theatre of war, are driven by sectarian expansionist ideas and call for increased international terrorism. The war could be ended today if the Yemeni people were allowed to overcome those criminal gangs, which have transformed their daily lives into a nightmare, and if Yemeni political forces were able to implement the results of the National Dialogue to rejoin humankind and implement the Sustainable Development Goals. Meanwhile, the Houthi and pro-Saleh gangs are destroying the little that we were able to build in Yemen with the assistance of Powers in the region and the world.”
2016-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7765 (2016) · source
“The regional community as well as the international community have stressed that the solution to the Yemeni crisis cannot be a repetition of the Hizbullah model in Yemen and that the presence of statelets cannot be accepted within Yemen. When the Kuwait talks collapsed following the rejection of the putchists to deal in a positive manner with the efforts of the Special Envoy and States encouraging the political process in Yemen, international efforts continued and resulted in ideas that emerged from the ministerial meetings of the Quartet in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as well as other efforts on the part of the GCC, the United States and the United Kingdom, in cooperation and coordination with Russia and the participation of the Special Envoy. The Yemeni Government was among the first to embrace those ideas, whereas the putchists rejected them.”
2016-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7765 (2016) · source
“The Government of Yemen continues to make the painful and difficult concessions for peace in the country, whereas the putchists have remained staunchly opposed to any peaceful solution. With regard to the people of Yemen's present and future fate, they have insisted on the status quo and the rule of gangs and militias. While we stress the importance of the terms of reference in resolving the crisis in Yemen, the initiative of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the results of National Dialogue Consultations and the relevant Security Council resolutions on Yemen, namely resolution 2216 (2015), the putchists have insisted on circumventing them -particularly in their latest unilateral statement, which buries those terms of reference because they do not serve their plans to lay hand on the State.”
2016-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7765 (2016) · source
“Without any form of legitimacy or legal basis, they have continued to destroy the homeland through their sectarian endeavour to gain legitimacy in promoting pro-Saleh factions and Houthis as representatives of the Yemeni people - a people who has fully rejected them and the family fiefdom of Saleh. The Yemeni Government has unconditionally renewed its firm commitment to choose the path of peace in order to end the suffering of the valiant Yemeni people, who continue to face the consequences of the unjust war launched by the Houthi and pro-Saleh militias in all areas of Yemen. The Government believes that peace is the only way to rid the country of those criminal gangs and warlords. Since the very beginning, the Yemeni Government has responded positively to the efforts made by the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy for Yemen.”
2016-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7765 (2016) · source
“We had hoped that the putchists would be aware of the tragedy of the situation in Yemen and that they would have agreed to the paper presented by the Special Envoy as the successful result of ongoing negotiations of over 100 days between the Government delegation and the putchists in neighbouring country of Kuwait. However, the pernicious Houthi and pro-Saleh militias have continued to wage war, kill innocent victims, expel civilians and blow up homes and houses of worship. They have continued to attack areas bordering Saudi Arabia, unleashing death and fuelling the terrorist gangs in Iraq through the regional proxy, Hizbullah. Those gangs took the State hostage back in September 2014.”
2016-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7765 (2016) · source
“Mr. Alyemany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to express my sincere thanks to you, Sir, Ambassador Ramlan Bin Ibrahim, Permant Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations, for your leadership of the Security Council for the month of August and for this opportunity to address the Council. I would also like to express my gratitude to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Envoy for Yemen, Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed, for the efforts that continue to be made since the end the of the latest round of talks in Kuwait in the ongoing efforts to reach a definitive peace and end the tragic war launched by the Houthi and pro-Saleh militias against our people in September 2014. We had great hopes that today's briefing would be held against the backdrop of progress along the path to peace.”
2016-08-31 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7765 (2016) · source
“We hope for peace, whereas the militias brandish slogans of death. They desire death for everyone, whereas we fight for life. The Government wants to strengthen peace and tolerance, while those responsible for the putsch favour violence. Tolerance will prevail.”
2016-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7753 (2016) · source
“We will establish a centre for the rehabilitation of children who were recruited, forced to fight and then released by the fascist putschist factions. That is part of the Government's efforts to rebuild the country and reintegrate children into a normal life and allow them to resume their education. Furthermore, we provide special support for children with disabilities, and we call upon everyone to work together to ensure that all entities that recruited children are held accountable for their actions. Having signed the peace plan in Kuwait on 30 June, Yemen hopes that the international community, in particular the Council, will play a more active role in pressuring the putschists to accept and sign the Kuwait agreement, lay down their arms and recognize the legitimate Government.”
2016-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7753 (2016) · source
“To conclude, I want to reiterate that we in the Government will work with the United Nations through the Children, Not Soldiers campaign and non-governmental organizations to stop the violations committed by the putschists and armed groups and to protect children from those criminal groups, which do respect no national or international law. These criminal gangs do not respect international law. The Government has an ethical, legal and constitutional duty to implement a strategic plan to address the psychological impact of war on our children. Our children are the future of our country. We in the Government therefore are working to alleviate the suffering of children and end those violations.”
2016-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7753 (2016) · source
“In annex I of the report, which lists parties that recruit children, kill or maim children, there is an error in the part concerning Yemen with regard to the third point, according to which Government forces recruit children. We know, however, that the majority of Republican Guards brigades and the special security forces defied the legitimate Government and supported the leaders of the putsch. They are therefore accomplices in all the crimes that have been perpetrated against children. Moreover, the report mentions the First Armoured Division, but that Division no longer exits. It was dismantled in 2014. Unfortunately, this year's report of the Secretary-General on children in armed conflict has been politicized. Given the very clear evidence, the report is not objective.”
2016-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7753 (2016) · source
“The authors of the report have acknowledged that it was difficult to verify some cases, but the tone of the report is very firm in making its arbitrary accusations, the majority of which single out the Arab coalition. In that light, I commend the cooperation between the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and the legitimate Government of Yemen. In paragraph 175, the authors of the report do not say why there was no coordination with the Yemeni Government and its representatives to find the best ways to implement the action plan that we had adopted together with UNICEF in May 2014. We need to work in line with that plan.”
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“We have provided statistics to the United Nations, and we have released all the children. Furthermore, we released all other boys who had been transferred to us by the coalition. We are of course ready to cooperate with the United Nations on that matter. The Government authorities provided a secure environment for those children in order to reintegrate them into society following the prisoner exchange. Unfortunately, the children were once again forced to fight on the front lines. In that regard, I note that the report makes no reference to the many regions and cities that are under the control of the militias. Those cities are nearly empty of children. That is a very foreboding indication. It must be said that there are cities that are empty of children, who have been recruited and are combatants.”
2016-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7753 (2016) · source