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Bin Mubarak

lines on the record: 38
first: 2018-08-02
most recent: 2018-09-21
sittings or episodes: 3
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“However, what fills us with hope is that in a few days we will celebrate the anniversary of the 26 September revolution, when our people got rid of the racist rule of the imams that the rebellious militias are trying to revive in Yemen. Those are the laws of nature. The night ends and the sun always rises. Will our sun rise soon? The meeting rose at 4.55 pm.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“With regard to the depreciation of the Yemeni rial, the Government of Yemen has established a higher economic committee that has adopted several measures to stop the currency deterioration, including creating favourable conditions for exporting oil and gas, and preventing the flight of hard currency, as well as stopping the import of luxury goods and increasing interest rates. In that regard, I would like to say that the United Nations, States and donor institutions can play a pivotal role in stabilizing the Yemeni currency if they were to channel their aid to Yemen through the Yemeni Central Bank, as is being done by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Today, 21 September, holds a bitter memory for our people, who call it the day of the catastrophe.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“The Yemeni Government confirms its commitment to international law, international humanitarian law and human rights law, and calls for equal condemnation of all those who violate those laws. We also call for the intensification of efforts and coordination with the relevant official bodies, and for the establisment of major hubs for the United Nations agencies working in the humanitarian field in the temporary capital of Aden and other major Yemeni cities. The Yemeni Government and the Arab coalition have previously called for decentralized humanitarian work so as to avoid any complications arising from military operations. There are currently five humanitarian aid areas in Yemen, each of which has land and sea corridors to guarantee that aid reaches all the people of Yemen equally.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“We have affirmed that the Yemeni Government and the coalition members understand that those roads are used by commercial and humanitarian trucks, and we are therefore actively working to secure them by removing the mines planted by the Houthi militias, which threaten civilians, aid workers and health-care providers. That is merely one of the precautionary measures that we are taking. The Evacuation and Humanitarian Operation Cell has made it clear to all stakeholders that there are many other alternative routes that connect Al-Hudaydah and Sana'a. The coalition of States sent a detailed letter today to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs concerning those roads and routes.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“In that regard, I would like to specifically mention that such aid is being provided by the States of the coalition, especially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. My country and the coalition States have sent a letter to the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs explaining their concern over the safety of civilians and aid workers because the road between Sana'a and Al-Hudaydah lies close to fighting in areas where the Houthi militias have transformed the city of Al-Hudaydah into a military centre. They have set up numerous checkpoints that are hindering the movement and passage of civilians. They have also used the Red Sea mills, silos and warehouses for military purposes, as Mr. Lowcock mentioned earlier.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“Al-Hudaydah governorate is now the main challenge to humanitarian aid because the Houthi militias are the only ones benefiting from the seaport, while the residents of the area are starving to death. That cannot persist much longer. The humanitarian suffering in Al-Hudaydah must end. We must not allow navigation in the Red Sea to be threatened. We must take action, while giving due protection and care to the civilians. I do not exaggerate when I say that the humanitarian aid being given to Al-Hudaydah by the coalition States, foremost among which are the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates is unprecedented in any similar military operation in Yemen and the region.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“The suffering of thousands of families in Al-Hudaydah and all areas under the control of the coup forces is due mainly to the imprisonment of family breadwinners; the loss of income through confiscation by the Houthis ofover 70 per cent ofthe State's resources, according to United Nations reports; and the absence of humanitarian aid because it is being obstructed, stolen or diverted by the Houthi militias, as has been testified to by United Nations agencies. That issue is at the core of the conversation on confidence-building measures in Yemen that have been sponsored by the Council, with the support of the Special Envoy and the States that are sponsoring the political process in Yemen.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“However, the coup forces intentionally absented themselves at the last minute, which indicated their lack of will to discuss any humanitarian measures, because that would cost them a card that they have always played internally and externally. The international community must be aware of that. Speaking of the humanitarian situation, all of the cities that have been under the control of the coup forces since 2014 have witnessed systemic raids, the terrorization and humiliation of civilians, and the recruitment and deployment of innocent children to the battlefields of death, as well as the spread of black markets and the theft of our people's wealth in broad daylight. That is a dangerous development of which we have warned repeatedly.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“Throughout the latest developments, the Council has agreed on a track to support peace, led by the United Nations and based on the three terms of reference that have been agreed that the local, regional and international levels, namely, the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its Implementation Mechanism, the outcome of the comprehensive National Dialogue Conference and the relevant Council resolutions, especially resolution 2216 (2015). That is the only way to advance the peace process. In every round of peace talks, the most recent of which took place in Geneva, we have hoped to reach a positive outcome on the humanitarian track, at least in terms of alleviating the suffering of our people in all the matters on the agenda.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“Since that day, the Yemeni Government, under his leadership, has made every effort to put an end to the coup and regain State authority. It has made one concession after the other and extended its hand for peace based on the terms of reference, in support of the efforts of the United Nations and its Special Envoy for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths. The Yemeni Government has made it its goal to achieve the dream of its people to build a civil and modern federal State that supports democracy, human rights and freedom based on the rule of law and good governance. That is the only path that we wish to take.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“Dealing only with the results and the symptoms of the conflict without addressing its root causes is a dangerous way to address conflicts. It is bound to fail. Four years ago, on 21 September 2014, the Houthi militias, backed by Iran, the world's State sponsor of terrorism, launched a coup against the State and the outcome of the national dialogue and against everything that the Yemenis had agreed to. His Excellency the President of the Republic, Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, said at the time that what Yemen was being subjected to was "a conspiracy that is dragging the country to civil war". He affirmed that he would spare no effort in discharging his constitutional responsibilities and would work to restore State authority.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“Mr. Bin Mubarak (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for giving us the opportunity to speak before the Council for the second time this month. We wish you and the delegation of the United States every success. We would also like to thank Mr. Mark Lowcock and his team, along with all the humanitarian workers, for their sincere and great efforts to alleviate the humanitarian suffering in my country. Today, the Security Council is discussing the humanitarian situation in my country. While we greatly appreciate this international attention, the deteriorating humanitarian situation is neither incidental nor the result ofa natural disaster. Its causes are clear, and those responsible for them are known to everyone.”
2018-09-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8361 (2018) · source
“That Houthi leader simply took out his pistol and shot the child in the head. The incident happened in the city of Ibb in Yemen. The child is the son of a professor at Sana'a University. How long will the suffering continue to be inflicted on the children and women by the coup group, which defies the whole world and tries to impose the law of the jungle?”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“This month marks the anniversary of the 26 September revolution, which the Yemenis supported in order to put an end to the sectarianism that dominated the country during the ruling of former imams. That rebel group is trying to revive the past, but I can assure members of the Council that this will never happen because we believe in the September and October revolutions and are ready to defend them, along with their ultimate goals that were written with the blood of Yemeni people. Before concluding, I want to show those present a picture, which I believe to be more eloquent than a thousand words. The picture is of Abdel-Rahman Akram Atran, a 10-year old Yemeni child, who died two days ago after he was shot in the head. While he was playing, his football touched the leg of a Houthi leader by mistake.”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“On behalf of my country's Government and the suffering mothers, children and the injured, and in the name of those who have been killed and the prisoners and detainees, I reiterate my call on the United Nations and the Security Council to assume direct responsibility and to implement their resolutions. It is essential to force that coup group to respect the will of the Yemeni people and the international community in order to achieve a lasting peace based on the three terms of reference, namely, the Gulf Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcome of the national dialogue and the resolutions of the Security Council, in particular resolution 2216 (2015).”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“It is a coup d'etat conducted by an ideological armed group that has nothing but arrogance and disdain for Yemenis and believes that it has a God-given right to govern. From the very first day of the coup d'etat, that group has tried not only to overthrow the Government and even the whole State, but to undermine the very foundation of our country and change its national characteristics. It has been implementing ideology-driven sectarian programmes to change the common denominator that unites Yemenis and to destroy their social fabric and national pillars.”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“The coalition showed maximum restraint. In spite of that, missiles continue to be launched against populated Yemeni cities and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is regrettable that certain words are used to justify that kind of behaviour, which represents an evident challenge to the international community. Failure to describe what is happening accurately in Yemen will not help to resolve that crisis. What is happening, in fact, is not a dispute between parties to a conflict, as some have described, but a coup against a constitutionally legitimate Government elected by an overwhelming majority of Yemenis after a comprehensive political settlement followed by national dialogue.”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“Emphasis needed to be placed on the humanitarian aspects, including the release ofprisoners and hostages, and on ensuring access to humanitarian aid without interference or obstacles. It was necessary to focus on measures that would strengthen the capacity of the Yemeni Central Bank in order to ease the suffering of the people and resume the payment of salaries. In fact, the Government made efforts and worked with the Office of the Special Envoy on all those points. The Houthis have tried to impose preconditions to their participation at all stages of peace negotiations. They have tried to undermine the efforts of the Special Envoy by creating obstacles, in spite of all the flexibility and logistical support provided by the Office of the Special Envoy, as well as the coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen.”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“I recall our letter to the Council dated 24 August, just a few days before the start of those negotiations, regarding the meeting of the Head of the coup delegation with Hassan Nasrallah. We said that this would have a negative impact on the consultations and would demonstrate the extent to which the Houthis are linked to Iran and its proxies in the region. In fact, they are trying to establish an Iranian model in Yemen, which the Yemeni people and its leadership will never accept. Before its delegation went to Geneva, the Government of my country underscored that it was necessary to prioritize confidence-building measures agreed upon during the Biel peace negotiations in 2015.”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“The Council also called on the parties to take advantage of this opportunity to ease tensions and participate fully, constructively and in good faith to build confidence and take the first step towards putting an end to the conflict, which has caused so much suffering for the Yemeni people. The Houthis, on their side and with their well- known irresponsibility, did not attend to the talks. In fact, with a great deal of arrogance they exploited the interest and efforts of the international community to achieve peace in Yemen and avoid a military solution. That militia has an erroneous interpretation of some reports issued by certain international organizations.”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“We commend his efforts to ensure the progress of the peace process and his sincere attempts to bring together the Government's delegation with the party involved in the coup d'etat after more than two years. We will be involved in all efforts aimed at reviving peace, restoring the State and putting an end to the coup d'etat. The Security Council has overseen that process with great care and attention. On the eve of the negotiations, the Council issued a press statement (SC/13484) in which it reiterated its call for the full implementation of its resolutions and statements, including resolution 2216 (2015).”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“The delegation of Yemen went to the Geneva consultations in good faith on the date and place indicated, bringing with it the pain and hope of the Yemeni people for concrete progress that would reflect positively on their lives. At the invitation extended to us by Mr. Martin Griffiths to attend the consultations, His Excellency President Hadi Mansour was personally committed to ensuring that they were successful. He was in constant coordination with our team and with the Yemeni people with a view to reviving hopes for achieving the long-awaited peace. The Government of Yemen has demonstrated and will continue to demonstrate its full support for the Special Envoy.”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“Mr. Bin Mubarak (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate your country, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council this month and to wish the United States delegation every success. We also thank you for this opportunity to address the Council. On this sad day for the friendly American people, we express our condolences to the American people and Government, as well as to the families of the victims of 11 September 2001 terrorist attack. We would also like to commend the representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Karen Pierce, for her wise stewardship of the Council's work last month.”
2018-09-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8348 (2018) · source
“In closing, I should like to say that I was asked recently by a Western official why we are not seeing a migration exodus by Yemenis, as is the case with other countries that are experiencing similar conflicts. I told him that the Yemeni people are not only attached to their land and soil, but they also have hope. They believe in an inclusive national agenda, which they hope will be implemented soon. Children in my country continue to dream of a bright future that will bring a smile back to their faces, and mothers continue to pray every day for peace, security and stability to prevail throughout Yemen. Please do not let them down.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“We also commend those donor countries that have met their commitments under the humanitarian response plan, notably the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the sisterly State of Kuwait. We also call on other donor countries to meet their commitments. The Government of Yemen will continue to make all possible efforts and compromises in order to achieve lasting peace. This war was imposed on us by the militias, which staged a coup against the State and its institutions. This situation is not acceptable to the Yemeni people, even if they have to face it alone. The militias will be held accountable for any consequences related to the non-implementation of international resolutions.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“My Government therefore calls on the international organizations operating in Yemen to expand their activities in order to cover all parts of the country. There are five relief centres in Yemen, each of which has land, sea and air ports that they can use to channel assistance. The decentralization of humanitarian efforts will ensure the effective use of funds and their equitable access to all beneficiaries and people affected throughout Yemen. Looking at the international efforts made to alleviate this humanitarian disaster, we cannot but commend the genuine efforts of Mr. Mark Lowcock and his team as well as those of all international and regional organizations operating in Yemen.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“The upcoming consultations cannot succeed if they do not focus on alleviating the human suffering, dealing with security aspects and then achieving the desired political objectives, consecutively. The human suffering continues in Yemen and the situation is deteriorating daily. This unprecedented humanitarian disaster of the twenty-first century is the result of a war fuelled by a foreign agenda that uses the militias to achieve its goals in the region. All relevant United Nations reports have confirmed without a doubt that those who are pillaging the wealth and resources of our people, impeding the delivery of humanitarian assistance and preventing United Nations staff from carrying out their duties freely are the same ones who are fighting and perpetrating horrendous acts to retain control of the major gateway to these resources.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“We also underscore the primacy of the confidence-building measures that were agreed upon during the consultations held in Switzerland, with a focus on humanitarian aspects, including the release of detainees and prisoners, and on ensuring that the militias do not hinder the delivery of humanitarian assistance. These militias not only seize humanitarian relief supplies but also impede their delivery and use them for military purposes. In addition, they should cease laying mines, a crime that demonstrates Houthi- Iranian recklessness and undermines the future of our people, whom they send to the front to meet their deaths on the basis of misleading slogans and information.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“Therefore, based on our previous experience and because we are keen to end the suffering of our Yemeni people, and believing that the best and least costly solution is a political one, we stress that any negotiations that are not based on putting an end to the coup and on the implementation of international resolutions, thereby enabling the legitimate authorities to discharge their duties towards all the people in all areas and leading to the resumption of the political process, which has been stalled by the coup, would be but hollow words that complicate the situation and fail to achieve the genuine objectives of the peace talks.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“For the past three years and at every stage of the peace negotiations, those militias, with the world watching, have sought to undermine peace efforts by creating crises and resorting to delaying tactics. The Yemeni Government has warned against that repeatedly, and the Council knows that we were very close to making progress towards peace at the negotiations held in Kuwait, but due to the militias' intransigence, they refused to sign at the last minute.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“The Yemeni Government, which is internationally recognized as the elected Government, underscores that all efforts of the United Nations through its Special Envoy should respect the constitutional State authorities and their legitimacy as entitled to oversee Government institutions and all the Yemeni governorates without exception in accordance with the law. The contrary would contravene the general terms of reference and international standards and enable the militias and the de facto authorities to pursue their agenda against the Yemeni people. The international Organization has overseen the peace negotiations under the umbrella of the Security Council in accordance with the resolutions of the international legitimacy.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“Those practices constitute a breach of international humanitarian law, contribute to the deteriorating security in the region and have a negative impact on commercial shipments and the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Yemen. Everybody is aware that the attacks by these militias continue unabated against densely populated civilian areas of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using Iranian missiles in flagrant Violation of all international laws and norms and Security Council resolutions, in particular resolutions 2216 (2015) and 2231 (2015). With regard to today's explosion near Al-Thawra hospital in Al-Hudaydah, the Arab coalition has just announced that it did not undertake any military operations in that area and has no targets there and that due investigations will take place.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“The most recent attack against the two Saudi oil tankers belonging to the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia and the laying of hundreds of naval mines to harm ships and Yemeni fishermen and damage the marine environment are further examples of the Iran-backed Houthi practices to undermine the interests of Yemen, the region and the whole world by imposing a sectarian agenda sponsored and supported by Iran. The Panel of Experts on Yemen, whose mandate was extended in accordance with paragraph 5 of resolution 2402 (2018), has confirmed beyond doubt that the Houthis were responsible for the attack against the Saudi and Turkish ships on 3 April and 10 May.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“That will prolong the conflict and the suffering of civilians throughout Yemen. There is daily bombardment by the militias of residential areas in Taiz, Lahij, Al-Jawf, Mar'ib and Al-Bayda, in addition to daily sniper attacks on civilians, mostly women and children, in the city of Taiz. Those acts should be condemned and the perpetrators held accountable. The militias should not be allowed to continue such acts, which are a form of genocide, let alone turn San'a into a massive jail where the so-called supervisors are free to loot and imprison or kill anyone who opposes them, especially after the recent uprising in December. The militias' ongoing control of strategic areas in Yemen, where they launch attacks on international waterways, requires a decisive stand on the part of the Security Council.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“The choice of the Yemeni Government has always been comprehensive and lasting peace based on restoring the State institutions, putting an end to the coup and re-establishing security and stability. That will not be achieved with merely verbal support for the efforts of the Special Envoy, but by bringing more political pressure to bear on the Houthi militias and through unequivocal messages from the Security Council that the international community will not accept the continuing Yemeni suffering, the seizing of State institutions and threats to international maritime navigation. It is time to implement the resolutions of the international legitimacy. Otherwise, the solution will be contingent on the situation on the ground as long as those militias continue to control vital regions of Yemen under unfounded pretexts.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“They are biding their time to launch counter-attacks against our Yemeni people and to threaten the international maritime waterways. The political leadership and the Yemeni Government will engaged positively with the plan proposed by the Special Envoy so long as the plan takes into account the three terms of reference - 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) f as the bases for consultations and peace negotiations in Yemen. To that end, my Government has provided its observations in writing to the Special Envoy.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“Since the beginning of the military operation in Al-Hudaydah governorate, the Yemeni Government and the coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen have supported the efforts of the Special Envoy to achieve a peaceful solution that spares Al-Hudaydah city and all other Yemeni cities controlled by the Houthi militias military actions and to ensure that the suffering of its people is not exploited by the Houthi militias to further violate international humanitarian law and to threaten international security and navigation. We have heeded his repeated calls and those of the international community for de-escalation on the western coast. While the Special Envoy undertakes such efforts to relaunch the peace operation in Yemen, the Houthis continue their military build-up and to dig tunnels.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source
“Mr. Bin Mubarak (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the work of leading the Council this month, and to express to you our sincere wishes for the usual success of the United Kingdom delegation. I am also grateful for the opportunity to address the Security Council for the first time since His Excellency President Hadi appointed me Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Yemen to the United Nations. I would also like to thank the Secretary- General and his Special Envoy to Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, for his genuine efforts since he assumed the role of Special Envoy in order to achieve lasting peace in Yemen.”
2018-08-02 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8323 (2018) · source