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Alyemany

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first: 2014-11-19
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“In that regard, I would draw the Council's attention to the fact that - as many speakers have noted - the accuracy of the information in the report was not verified. It is necessary to be objective and impartial when it is a question of numbers and figures. The report is therefore not credible. The authors of the report did not adopt an impartial methodology. In paragraph 166, the report states that 183 boys were deprived of liberty by popular committees. The popular committees are fighting for the liberation of Yemen. The 183 boys in question were Houthis, and we detained them because they were combatants on the front lines. The report states that we detained those boys and have not freed them. Today, we reaffirm - as we have already told the Special Representative - that the legitimate Government is not holding any children.”
2016-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7753 (2016) · source
“We believe that those paragraphs do not go into sufficient detail, and we are curious as to the methodology used to verify cases included in the report. According to paragraph 2, the report was drawn up as a result of broad consultations among Member States. That is not the case with regard to Yemen. We received no request to discuss the contents of the report before its publication, in particular with regard to the sections pertaining to Yemen. That is not in conformity with procedures adopted by the United Nations, in particular in connection with this type of report. In paragraph 165, it is stated that it was difficult to verify information owing to the security situation and restricted access.”
2016-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7753 (2016) · source
“Those militaries have occupied the university, transformed it into a barracks and planted landmines on the university campus as a form of reprisal against the students, who represent the future of Yemen. Leaders of the militias continue to visit schools and universities to recruit children to serve in combat. Children therefore make up the largest number of Houthi recruits - not only since the start of the war and the attempted coup, but since the creation of that militia. The letter that we sent to the Secretary-General in response to his report (S/2016/360) reiterated that we are ready to cooperate with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. We expressed our comments on the report, including regarding certain information that it contained about Yemen.”
2016-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7753 (2016) · source
“The putsch forces have committed the worst crimes against children and against humanity. Hundreds of children have lost their lives as the result of attacks intentionally targeting populated areas and due to attacks by snipers. Many civilians have also been wounded. Moreover, many people have become disabled as a result of the attacks. Furthermore, those armed forces have targeted children, as well as schools and hospitals and other civilian infrastructure. We can still hear the cries of the martyred children through the voice of Farid Shawki, who cried out "Do not bury me!", as he was terrified of death. The military forces of the Houthi militias and the republican guard forces of former President Saleh have targeted many schools in Aden and other areas. They are the enemies of education and science.”
2016-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7753 (2016) · source
“Mr. Alyemany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): I would like to congratulate Malaysia on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and for convening today's open debate. I wish to convey my delegation's thanks to the Secretary-General and to Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Conflict, for their briefings. I also thank Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF. My delegation appreciates the opportunity provided today to take the floor before the Council. Over the past 18 months, Yemen has experienced the worst time in its modern history, following the coup that was organized by the Houthi militia, in cooperation with the former President. That period has been the worst time for Yemeni children and their families.”
2016-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7753 (2016) · source
“We would also like to thank the Gulf Cooperation Council and in particular the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its historic position in support of Yemen.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“Many families do not know where their sons are detained or the status of their health, which constitutes a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. In a gesture of good faith and in order to comply with the request of the Special Envoy, during the month of Ramadan the Government released some victims. We call on the Council to continue to put pressure on the militias to release Major-General Mahmoud al-Subaihi, Minister of Defence of Yemen, and all individuals under house arrest or arbitrarily detained, in accordance with sub-paragraph (f) of paragraph 1 of resolution 2216 (2015). Lastly, we reaffirm our determination to work towards achieving a lasting peace in Yemen, based on the negotiations in Kuwait, which are being conducted by the Special Envoy.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“The Yemeni Government, together with the coalition forces and Yemen's partners, coordinated the fight against terrorism in order to carry out fatal attacks against Al-Qaida in Al-Mukalla and all other positions in which Al-Qaida was deployed in the southern province of Yemen. The Yemeni Government will continue to pursue Al-Qaida and Da'esh forces and will provide the legal evidence of the link between those forces and the terrorists. In conclusion, I would like to draw the Council's attention to the suffering of the activists, journalists and politicians who were detained by the Houthi militias in certain regions under their control. The militias reject the freedom of expression and their prisons and detention centres are overflowing with thousands of prisoners who are subjected to bodily and psychological torture.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“We have undeniable evidence of the earnings collected by the militias, as well as of the illegal funds they obtained by using trucks to transport oil under the pretext of supporting the war effort. With regard to the fight against terrorism, in May and June the Houthi and pro-Saleh militias released some 52 Al-Qaida elements who had been incarcerated in national prisons. Recently, the remaining prisoners, terrorist elements who had already been sentenced to prison, were also released. This clearly illustrates the close links between Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and the Houthi and pro-Saleh militias. This is particularly troubling since Al-Qaida controlled the port of Al-Mukalla and was involved in the smuggling of weapons and oil to benefit the militias.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“The perpetrators of these crimes include General Abdullah Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the military commander of the Houthi militias; Brigadier General Hamoud Ahmed Dahmash, head of the Twenty-Second Armoured Brigade of the Republican Guard; General Zakaria Al-Muta'h, Commander of the Republican Guard; and General Hamoud Al-Harithi, Commander of Central Security Forces. Since their capture of Sana'a, rebel forces have worked systematically to destroy the national economy by wasting approximately $5 billion in foreign currency, which they stole from the reserves of the Central Bank, to support their criminal actions against our people. The rebel forces tried to manipulate the derivatives prices for oil in order to make money on the black market.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“However, the other side has continued to wage war without pause and to carry out assaults on all fronts, while the Houthi militias have continued their attacks in the southern provinces. On 3 June, I sent the Secretary-General a request for intervention on behalf of the Government of Yemen to counter the massacres carried out by the Houthi and pro-Saleh militias at the public market in Ta'izz, where 60 women and children were killed. The war criminals, who killed women, children and the elderly in Ta'izz, will be prosecuted under national and international law.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“All measures adopted in the constitutional statement following the coup d'etat must be rescinded. And State institutions must be fully re-established. Those are the preconditions for expanding State authority and resuming the political process that the Houthi coup d'etat disrupted, so that the transitional period can resume and we can hold elections to establish a federal State and usher in a new Yemen. The peace to which we aspire would mean an end to the destructive war that has impacted our people. From the moment the negotiations in Kuwait began, we have called for a full cessation of hostilities in all of Yemen's provinces. Since 10 April, we have sought to promote the work of the De-escalation and Coordination Committee.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“Those negotiations have faced serious significant challenges that have to do with the lack of seriousness demonstrated by those who carried out the coup d'etat. They must renounce the unilateral measures that they continue to undertake. What we have proposed in Kuwait amounts to a path to lasting peace, not half measures, which could lead to a resumption of the crisis in Yemen and result in the kinds of risks that could threaten the existence of our country and stability in the Gulf and the Arabian peninsula. The road map must include the following elements. There is a need to withdraw heavy weapons and return them to State authority in all areas of the country. The Houthi militias must withdraw and rejoin the relevant military and security institutions.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“We have great faith in the people of Yemen and in our Constitution, as well an awareness of our legal responsibility, in the face of the suffering of our people, to put an end to the tragedy, which has been taking place for a year and a half and is the result of a coup d'etat against the legal constitutional Government. That has led to significant destruction and diminished our country's resources, thereby setting back our development. Over the past few days, we have considered the ideas put forward by the Special Envoy, in particular with regard to withdrawal, the need to release all detainees and re-establishing State authority so that the political process can resume on the basis of the general framework. We have also considered the five major points on which the Kuwait negotiations are based.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“Since the announcement by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, on 18 April, of the date for negotiations, in spite of the circumstances surrounding the negotiations, the Government of Yemen has actively committed itself to furthering the efforts of Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. In the next few days, we will examine all the documents submitted by the Special Envoy in accordance with the Kuwait plan. That plan is based on the constant position of the United Nations on the crisis in Yemen, namely, that it be based on the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its associated implementation mechanism as well as the relevant resolutions of the Council, in particular resolution 2216 (2015).”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“Mr. Alyemany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me to begin, Sir, by warmly congratulating you on your assumption ofthe presidency ofthe Security Council for this month. We also very much appreciate the skill with which the Ambassador of Egypt led the Council during the previous month. I would like to thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his teadfast efforts in the process in Kuwait. We await his visit in the next few days to lend greater impetus to the efforts to establish lasting peace in Yemen. The Government of Yemen also expresses its gratitude to the Emir, the Government and the people of Kuwait for their outstanding efforts to promote peace in Yemen. Those efforts will remain etched in the memory of future generations of Yemenis.”
2016-06-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7721 (2016) · source
“The Houthi and Saleh coalition of death militias recruit children in the regions that they control, which is an assault on the youth and future generations in Yemen. Finally, I reiterate our gratitude for all of the efforts that the Council is carrying out, and in Yemen we will never forget those efforts and will record them in the our history books. The meeting rose at 3.40 pm.”
2016-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7672 (2016) · source
“The Yemeni Government calls on the international community to cooperate in its fight against that terrorism, in particular with regard to the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters and the financing of terrorism. Those two issues are the direct responsibility of the international community. Not dealing with them will result in providing additional resources to terrorist activities in every region throughout the world. It is appropriate for me to conclude by highlighting the core nature of United Nations activities. There is an extremely important issue at hand, that is, the recruitment of children by the Houthi militias, which put them in harm's way and use them as cannon fodder for their unjust wars against the Yemini people.”
2016-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7672 (2016) · source
“The most recent examples of that were three arms convoys on 27 February, 20 and 27 March, incidents that were reported by the American authorities and which included Kalishnikov rifles, missiles, shells, rocket launchers and other equipment used to perpetuate the conflict and sow chaos in Yemen and the region, in flagrant violation of the arms embargo pursuant to resolution 2216 (2015). It has become clear to everyone that there is a relation between the Houthi and Saleh militias. Investigations have been undertaken by the Security Council sanctions committees with regard to the link connecting terrorist networks, Al-Qaida and Da'esh in particular, with regard to the sale of oil and arms trafficking.”
2016-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7672 (2016) · source
“A society built on the rule of law, a unified State, a State of justice and equality must not accept a State within a State or the existence of militia bearing arms in Yemen. We call upon the Security Council and the United Nations to reject the interference of Iran and its terrorist affiliates in the region, which seek to interfere in Yemen's affairs and to destabilize regional security. Iran's interference is clear and hardly needs proof, as heard in the statements of high-ranking Iranian officials who encourage violence by sending weapons to Houthi rebels and to Ali Abdullah Saleh.”
2016-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7672 (2016) · source
“Thousands of people - be they politicians, military officers, intellectuals, journalists and activists - have all fallen subject to many forms of physical and psychological torture. We are waiting for the Houthis and pro-Saleh elements to act in good faith, before the talks in Kuwait begin, and free prisoners, as this nightmare has lasted far too long. On behalfofmy people, the resilient Yemeni people, we ask the Houthis and the pro-Saleh elements to choose peace and put an end to the bloodletting in order to save my country, Yemen. As we head to Kuwait, we wait for peace to return to Yemen and for the militias that control the State to return to the negotiating table.”
2016-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7672 (2016) · source
“It has received several reports regarding attacks perpetrated by the Houthi and pro-Saleh militias against Ta'izz City and its inhabitants, which are aimed at forcing them to submit and which target civilians and densely populated cities with Katyusha rockets and mortar fire. The Al-Wazia region in Ta'izz has been besieged by putschists and Houthis, who continue with their goal of opening a new fronts. This demonstrates clearly to the international community that these individuals refuse the transition to peace and think that violence can benefit them at the negotiating table. However, that is an illusion. The same thing is happening in Sana'a, the beloved capital of Yemen, which has been transformed by putschist militias into an open-air prison.”
2016-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7672 (2016) · source
“We call upon the international community to provide all forms of support necessary to the efforts of the Under-Secretary-General and his Office. The process conducted by the United Nations is the only one we support because of its clear agenda and terms of reference, which were drawn up together with the GCC Initiative; the outcomes of the National Dialogue and Security Council resolutions, such as resolution 2216 (2015); and other relevant United Nations resolutions, which summarize the outcomes of the Bonn negotiations. After five days of the cessation of hostilities, the De-escalation and Coordination Committee began its work in Kuwait on 3 April.”
2016-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7672 (2016) · source
“It has organized numerous inter-Yemeni dialogue events during the conflict in Yemen. Our patient and resilient people await the talks in Kuwait in order to achieve lasting peace and agreements that bring new life to the changes under way in the country, in the light of the GCC Initiative, the outcomes of the National Dialogue and the relevant Security Council resolutions, namely, resolution 2216 (2015). Our people support the urgent humanitarian actions undertaken to begin the rebuilding and economic recovery period to put an end to this coup d'etat nightmare, which has ripped apart the country's social fabric and led civilians to flee. We reiterate the Yemeni Government's support for the efforts undertaken by the Special Adviser and his team.”
2016-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7672 (2016) · source
“The Government of the Yemeni Republic has extended an olive branch and worked in a constructive manner to support United Nations efforts to achieve a lasting peace and put an end to unilateral measures that undermine the political solution, a process that has been organized by the United Nations since 2011. Today, we are working with the United Nations team to ensure the success of the talks with the putschists, which are to be held in the brotherly country of Kuwait in the days to come. Those talks, in the eyes of the Yemeni people and observers, are the last chance for peace in the country. The convening of the Yemeni talks in Kuwait are symbolic in many ways. Kuwait is an active member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which has not abandoned Yemen in its darkest hours.”
2016-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7672 (2016) · source
“Mr. Alyemany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to convey our gratitude to the members of the Security Council for their ongoing efforts and attention to the issue of Yemen through their scrupulous following of the peace process in my country. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has paid particular attention to the crisis in Yemen through his Special Adviser on Yemen, Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and his working team. Significant efforts have been undertaken to ensure the success of the political talks in Kuwait in order to make progress on a comprehensive solution to the conflict and to prevent any backsliding.”
2016-04-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7672 (2016) · source
“I would ask the Council to kindly say to those Houthi killers and the Saleh forces to stop killing the dreams of my people and free them to build a democratic State.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“The recruitment of children and the brainwashing of children with religious and sectarian extremist ideologies are a time bomb. The Security Council must act to defuse it in due time through implementing relevant United Nations resolutions which have clearly addressed this issue. Before concluding, I would express the wish that the Security Council will continue consulting with the Yemeni Government and its Permanent Mission here in New York on any negotiations or consultations on any Security Council output on the humanitarian situation in Yemen. We wish such outputs to echo the screams of our children, our suffering, including Fareed Shawky, who is dying in Ta'izz under siege.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“The Government had agreed with the United Nations that the headquarters would be in the city of Aden, following its liberation from the Houthi forces. Previously, there had been an agreement for UNVIM to be based in Jeddah, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We were therefore very surprised when the headquarters were moved to Djibouti without even consulting the Yemeni Government. We strongly objected to that because it breached our agreement with the United Nations. The putschist forces continue to target our children, the rights of our children and future generations in Yemen. More and more children are being recruited to Houthi militias. This threatens future generations in areas still under the control of the putschist militias.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“With the assistance of our brethren, notably the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented in the King Salman Centre for Humanitarian Aid, the Emirati and Qatari Red Crescent organizations, and many other humanitarian organizations from the Gulf acting in my country, we have attempted to return to a normal economic life with regular commercial activity. In early August 2015, the Yemeni Government agreed with the United Nations and alliance forces to set up the United Nations Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) and operationalize it. On 24 February, the Government of Yemen appointed its representative to the steering committee of UNVIM, and we stated our position on the location of the headquarters of UNVIM.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“What is truly strange is that international organizations are reluctant to name those who are looting humanitarian assistance. We know that this is a widespread phenomenon; it is not limited. I would put the responsibility squarely on the shoulders of the international community because it has failed to condemn this blackmail and looting by the putschist militias that have stripped the Yemeni State of all its resources and are attempting to take us back to the dark ages with their sectarian discourse.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“Antipersonnel mines have been planted around cities, on major roads and subsidiary roads, and this has slowed down the delivery of any humanitarian assistance to a number of regions. The Houthi militias and the Saleh forces continue to detain humanitarian activists who have only been attempting to help their brethren in many cities. An example was the targeting of a tanker carrying water to Ibb governorate to aid those under siege in Ta'izz. Activists were detained and beaten. Sana'a is suffering terribly. The Houthis militias and the Saleh forces continue to loot assistance convoys going to Sana'a, Amran, Hajjah and Saada and are selling those goods on the black market. This situation has only prolonged the suffering of our people.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“The World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that it has been able to deliver food assistance to 3,000 families in Ta'izz, which represents approximately 18,000 people if we count six individuals per family. This is a very limited number when compared with the number of the actual needy - over 1.2 million people inside the besieged city alone. This number is escalating, particularly when we note the harsh humanitarian conditions in host communities resulting from the militia war. Furthermore, the WFP has stated that it has not been able to distribute any assistance in some areas of Ta'izz. The putschist militias are acting like war criminals. They are using starvation as a weapon of war against my people in every province under their control. The Houthi militias continue to spread death everywhere.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“The militias have besieged the city for more than four months, targeting hospitals and medical infrastructure and preventing the delivery of the most basic emergency supplies, such as oxygen, food and water. The situation is now on the verge of becoming a major health catastrophe. As the militias have closed in on the city over the past 10 months, more than 1 million people have been displaced to rural areas. And now, because of this continuing siege by the militias, the spectre of starvation has arisen in the rural areas hosting displaced people. As we thank the organizations that have continued to work to reach those in need in Ta'izz, the Houthis continue to hamper the delivery of such assistance to the needy.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“Despite a significant improvement in the humanitarian situation in my country, particularly in the areas liberated from the putschist militias, the humanitarian needs of my people remain vast, especially in regions under the control of the militias. The war imposed by the putschist militas, the Houthis and Saleh - which have plunged the country into utter chaos and destruction in order to achieve their cynical political objectives by force - have exacerbated humanitarian conditions that were already poor before the attempt to overthrow the Government. The Houthis and Saleh continue to target civilians and civilian neighbourhoods. Ta'izz governorate and its people continue to be systematically attacked. Katyusha rockets and artillery shells are aimed at civilian areas and innocent civilians.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“We demonstrated that readiness by attending the Basel talks in December 2015, where an agreement was reached on a number of points related to detainees, emergency assistance and other humanitarian issues. A venue was identified for new talks on 14 January, but the rebels blocked all efforts to that end and failed to meet their commitments with respect to confidence-building measures. They did not participate in the January consultations and are procrastinating in setting a new date. We express our strong support for the Special Envoy and stress the importance of the international community's support for his efforts. That is the only path to peace in my country, in accordance with the Gulf initiative, the outcome of the National Dialogue Conference, resolution 2216 (2015) and the consultations endorsed in Basel in December.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“Mr. Alyemany (Yemen) (Spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to express my sincere thanks to all States members of the Security Council for their ongoing interest in Yemen and their close follow-up of the political settlement process and the humanitarian situation in my country. I also thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his acute attention to the Yemeni crisis, as maintained by his Special Envoy to my country, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and his team. I further thank the international humanitarian community, represented by Mr. Stephen O'Brien. We reiterate the readiness of the Yemeni Government to participate in talks with the putschist Houthis and Saleh at any time and anywhere in order to stem the bloodshed and achieve peace in Yemen.”
2016-03-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7641 (2016) · source
“We will spare no effort to eliminate all the effects of the putsch, restore the Government's legitimacy and pursue the dream of all of the children of Yemen for a democratic federal Yemen, in accordance with the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and the outcomes of the comprehensive National Dialogue. This is our joint vision with the United Nations, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the sponsors ofthe Yemeni political process, namely, to shape a future in which the community of Yemeni men and women will be free from the myths of dynastic hegemony and will remain within the Gulf family, bound together in amity, solidarity and a single, shared destiny. The meeting rose at12.35p.m.”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“Ould Cheikh Ahmed and his team, we call upon them, before they embark on a new round of consultations in mid-January, to address the issue of confidence-building measures. More importantly, we call for the release of the political detainees from the putschist prisons, pursuant to those detainees' rights under international law. We also call for the lifting of all obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all affected regions, for the resumption of commercial activity in order to revive Yemen's economic life, and for the end of black market trade by the Houthi warlords. My Government will continue, with the same momentum, to sincerely engage in the United Nations-led consultations and in the implementation of resolution 2216 (2015) and all the other United Nations resolutions relevant to the question of Yemen.”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“We know that members of the Council have followed press and other media reports of the visits by those militias members to schools in Sana'a to spread their discourse designed to stoke violence and extremism. Finally, I cannot but affirm that all segments of Yemeni society, throughout the homeland and in the diaspora, hope that the putschists willjoin, in a sincere and credible manner, the next round of consultations scheduled for 14 January, and that the suffering of the country, which has been triggered by the militias' theological project, which is entirely alien to the Yemeni social fabric, will touch their humanity and move them to seek reconciliation. As we express our appreciation for Mr.”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“Those militias are violating human rights through abductions, threats and intimidation of young men, as well through the illegal financial fees imposed on businessmen under the flimsy pretext that the extorted funds are contributions to a legitimate military effort. Further human rights violations by the Houthi and Saleh militias include the arrest of journalists, who now languish in prisons run by the militias. Many of the detainees have been subjected to psychological and physical torture. The putschist forces continue to target children with a long-term plan. Numerous militia leaders regularly visit schools to recruit children for military purposes, despite the fact that children should clearly remain in school rather than be put in harm's way at the deadly military front.”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“Refusing to release them or to allow them access to relief supplies is a violation of humanitarian law as well as an affront to human dignity. Against that backdrop, on the instructions of President Mansour, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdul Malik Al-Mukhlafi, head of the Yemeni delegation to the Biel consultations, confirmed another one-week extension to the ceasefire, thereby abiding by the letter and spirit of the President's letter to the Secretary-General. Flagrant violations by the putschist forces of the Houthi and Saleh militias are still occurring daily all over Yemen.”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“Based on its from responsibility to the patient Yemeni people - from Sana'a to Al-Mahrah - the Government expresses its readiness to spare no effort to deliver food, medicine and supplies to all areas of Yemen without exception. My Government is also committed to peace, and to ending the war and the suffering of the Yemeni people, as well as to providing a conducive environment for the consultations, as reflected President Mansour's letter addressed to the Secretary- General on 6 December. The President declared an unconditional ceasefire 10 days before the launch of the consultations in order to foster an atmosphere of confidence. He is continuing to extend his hand for the sake of peace, but the putschists refuse even reveal the fate of the detainees or to allow the Red Cross to visit them.”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“In addition, the representative of the Office for the Coordiantion of Humanitarian Affairs mentioned at the Biel talks the presence of numerous shipments in the Port of Aden, which are intended for the central and northern governorates. However, the local warlords, loyal to the Houthis and Saleh, seek to impede its transfer, plunder it instead in order to enrich themselves on the black market. There are also large quanties of supplies awaiting distribution at the Port of Al-Hudeidah. But the putschists are deliberately obstructing it, in an act of cheap political blackmail that brazenly ignores the suffering of the Yemeni people.”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“We also look for a major role by the United Nations and the Red Crescent in securing the release political detainees as a building block ofthe confidence-building measures in the consultations. The Government of the Republic of Yemen seeks to revive economic life and commercial activity as the lynchpin of normalization. The Government reached an agreement in early August with the United Nations and the coalition forces to implement the United Nations Verification and Inspection Mechanism. However, financial and organizational impediments, which the Yemeni Government has nothing to do with, has prevented its operationalization to date. The Mechanism can achieve a lot to guarantee the restart of commercial activity.”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“Much success was achieved in the Biel talks, in spite of the challenges and difficulties in the consultations, including the lack of readiness by the putschist side and the fact that its leadership did not authorize its interlocutors to engage effectively to achieve the points set for the negotiations. We look to our supporters in the Security Council, the international community and the 18 sponsors of the political process in Yemen to bring more pressure to bear with regard to the delivery of humanitarian assistance to all regions in Yemen, especially to Taiz. The long-suffering city Taiz is being blockaded in an unprecedented manner, to the point of genocide. Its citizens look forward to a spirit of solidarity in the form of the delivery of humanitarian, medical and emergency relief assistance to vanquish the spectre of death.”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“On behalf of the Government of Yemen, I also thank the team of the Special Envoy for its major efforts in organizing the talks at the Magglingen centre in the Swiss town of Biel from 15 to 20 December. We have just closed another chapter in the efforts to bring about peace in my country based on resolution 2216 (2015), which informed the Biel negotiations agenda with the aim of reversing the putsch by the Houthis and Saleh against the legitimate authorities and ending the suffering of millions of our people, whose blood has been shed as a result. The coup has destroyed their homes, deprived them of their livelihoods and inflicted a toll of death and hatred - a situation alien to our social fabric, which has shaped our people over centuries of coexistence.”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“Mr. Alyemany (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to express our gratitude to our friend Ambassador Samantha Power, Permanent Representative of the United States of America, for her continuous efforts and her engagement on the Yemeni issue, most recently expressed here during her statement, in which she referred to the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Taiz as a result of the policy of collective punishment practiced by the militias of Houthi and former President Saleh against the people of this long-suffering governorate. We also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for according the Yemeni crisis great attention through his Special Envoy for Yemen, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who is making serious efforts to find a negotiated solution for the implementation of resolution 2216 (2015).”
2015-12-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7596 (2015) · source
“My country appeals to all States members of the Security Council to bring greater pressure to bear on the perpetrators of the coup to accept the implementation of resolution 2216 (2015), and thanks them all for their united and firm position vis-a-vis the dangerous situation that has prevailed in Yemen ever since the coup of September 2014. The ongoing unity of the Security Council will undoubtedly cause the coup to fail and the relaunch the political process under the auspices of the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its Implementation Mechanism. The way out of this dark tunnel requires resolve on the part of all members of the Council to compel the perpetrators of the coup to cede control of the State institutions to the Yemeni Government and end the crisis.”
2015-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7494 (2015) · source
“However, the President of the Republic upheld his historic responsibility to the Yemeni people. Having consulted the leaders of the coalition forces, on 26 July he declared a humanitarian ceasefire, which was violated by the Houthis in an attempt to terrorize our courageous people. This morning, we sent a report to the Security Council concerning the violations committed by the Houthis and their allies on Monday night. With respect to humanitarian assistance, we thank those who have provided such important help and worked continually to alleviate the suffering of our people. The visit of Mr. Johannes van der Klaauw, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, to the city of Aden over the past two days has given him first-hand experience of the catastrophic situation caused by the perpetrators of the coup.”
2015-07-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7494 (2015) · source