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Binmuharak

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2018-11-16
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2018-11-16
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  1. “We will never accept Iranian influence or the replication of the Iranian experience in our country. The Council should stop cursing the darkness of war and humanitarian tragedies. It has to light the candle of peace and silence the guns forever. The meeting rose at 5.35 pm.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  2. “Heavy and medium weapons must be surrendered to the legitimate military institution, which has the exclusive right to own such weapons. The Yemeni Government reiterates its position in support of the efforts of the Special Envoy to achieve peace. He intends to hold a new round of consultations, hoping that the coup party would participate in good faith in order to discuss .the confidence-building measures which are proposed by the Special Envoy. His Excellency President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour and the Yemeni Government are working hard, sincerely and in good faith to achieve peace because Yemen is the country of civilization, history and wisdom. Yemen deserves to live in dignity, peace and prosperity while united, strong and independent.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  3. “The people of Yemen expect the Security Council to do more than simply denounce the situation, issue statements and even adopt resolutions. What we expect is that the resolutions of the Council will be translated into concrete action on the ground. We still have an opportunity to reach peace. We actually have thousands of opportunities to reach just, comprehensive, sustainable and genuine peace on the basis of the three agreed terms ofreference, namely, the Gulf Cooperation Council Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference, and the relevant Security Council resolutions, notably resolution 2216 (2015). We need peace in order to put an end to the consequences of the coup d'etat that my country has suffered and to restore States institutions.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  4. “The Yemeni Government, on the other hand, has made considerable efforts, through the office of the Special Envoy, to reach an agreement on the exchange of prisoners, in particular arbitrarily detained persons, as well as those under house arrest. The Government has accepted the exchange of Houthi prisoners with those people who were arrested for nothing to do with the war. We agreed to do so because we know that our prisoners are living in extremely difficult conditions. We are ready to accept all proposals pertaining to confidence-building measures. We are ready to take all measures that would help build confidence and alleviate the suffering of our people. We appreciate the sincere efforts of the Special Envoy in this regard.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  5. “The city of Taiz is waiting for international organizations to visit with delegations so that our children can tell them about their suffering. Two children, Hani Al-Ra'i, who was six years old, and Jalal Abdul Khaleq, who was eight years old, were killed by Katyusha rockets launched by Houthi militias. Nobody knows who they were; nobody knows their names. Farid Shawqi, who was five years old, cried out after being hit by a Houthi shell. He kept shouting "do not leave me", and yet he regrettably died. Dozens of other children are killed in Yemen every day as a result of sniping or shelling. Unfortunately, nobody remembers those children.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  6. “I would like to respond to what Mr. Beasley said a while ago about the need for foodstuffs. The Houthi militias have just set fire to foodstuff depots belonging to a Yemeni company in Al-Hudaydah, despite suspending military operations. According to documented and media reports, Houthi militias have recruited thousands of children and taken hostage doctors and patients of the 22 May Hospital in Al-Hudaydah. They have used those people as human shields and laid millions of mines in buildings, on roads and even in trees, according to the Associated Press. Mines have even been laid in Al-Hudaydah port at a time when they have besieged the city of Taiz for more than three years. The Houthi militias kill more women and children in Taiz every day through shelling and sniping.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  7. “Our victims are killed twice. The first time by criminal militias and their leaders, and the second time when those crimes are ignored and the militias are allowed to continue the conflict. Victims of children and women are saying: "Do not kill us twice". How can those who seek true peace fail to participate in the peace consultations? How can those who seek true peace take civilians, doctors and patients as human shields? How can those who seek true peace lay millions of land mines? How can those who seek true peace recruit children and youngsters who are the pillars of the future and send them to death? How can those who seek true peace besiege populated cities and their snipers kill children and women daily? How can those who seek true peace kidnap journalists, activists and teachers, throw them into prison and torture them?”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  8. “We call upon the international community to put pressure on Houthi militias to allow for the quick and safe delivery of humanitarian assistance and to help humanitarian workers get access to the different regions of the country in order to deliver medical and humanitarian assistance to those who are in need of them. The Houthi militias must respect and protect schools and medical facilities, and they must not use Yemeni civilians as human shields or recruit children to send them to the battlefields. Our people have had enough of constantly hearing talk of the violations that they are subjected to and the crimes committed against them by the Houthi militias. Suffering is inflicted upon our people on a daily basis, and the Yemenis are bitter when they see the blood of their children spilled by executioners that go unpunished.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  9. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has provided more than $60 million on a monthly basis to support oil-derivative products for power generators, achieve rial stability and combat money laundering in oil products, which constitute more than 60 per cent of the demand on foreign currency in Yemen. Meanwhile, Iran continues to support Houthi militias with ballistic missiles and land and sea mines, which are used against our people and neighbouring countries. That is a serious violation of Security Council resolutions, according to the reports issued by the Panel of Experts of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014). On the humanitarian and political front, the Government of my country is committed to international law, international humanitarian law and human rights.”

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  10. “That will also allow for the creation ofjobs and help strengthen the private sector, on which more than 6 million Yemeni citizens depend. The Yemeni Government welcomes the Riyadh declaration of 14 November, which aims to identify the necessary and urgent measures to resolve the economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen with the support of brotherly and friendly countries, in order to provide the salaries for all civil servants in Yemen based on 2014 data. I would like to thank the coalition countries and all brotherly and friendly countries that have supported our country's economy.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  11. “In the light of the economic difficulties in my country and urgent needs of the population, we call on United Nations agencies in Yemen to address themselves solely the Yemeni Central Bank - and the commercial banks that are under its supervision - for all financial transfers to Yemen. We also expect that international humanitarian organizations working in Yemen will support our economy by purchasing the various products and foodstuffs from our local markets. That would strengthen the Yemeni currency and allow the Central Bank to carry out its oversight functions, in particular when it comes to implementing international resolutions concerning sanctions, the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  12. “However, the Federation of Yemen Chambers of Commerce and Industry, upon the request of humanitarian organizations, has suspended its mechanism for the approval of foodstuff imports so as to facilitate their entry and enhance the foodstuff reserves in the various governorates. The Central Bank has facilitated the issuance of letters of credit for foodstuffs across Yemen. That was made possible by Saudi deposits. We have thereby been able to finance the import of wheat, rice and other essential foodstuffs to the amount of $266 million. Seventy-five per cent of those foodstuffs have been delivered to governorates that are controlled by the Houthi militias. Indeed, the Government of my country gives the same treatment to all our citizens without any discrimination.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  13. “One of those measures is Decree 75, which aims to put an end to the deterioration of the economy and the depreciation of the national currency. Those measures have allowed for an increase in the exchange rate of the Yemeni rial. It is now 648 rials to the dollar, as compared recently to 860 rials to the dollar. Decree 75 also aims to put an end to the smuggling of oil-derived products on the black market at double the price, while also allowing Yemeni traders to enjoy a preferential exchange rate for the rial to the dollar. The Central Bank is thereby trying to control the exchange rate so that citizens can access essential foodstuffs at a reasonable price instead of having to resort to the black market and get them at high price.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source

  14. “We are meeting today at a time when the humanitarian situation in my country is more difficult than ever. It is deteriorating from one day to the next. I will not go into the reasons, but the Council knows that the situation is the result of certain factors. That is why we cannot stop this disaster without resolving its causes. I would briefly like to address the economic, humanitarian and political situation on the ground so as to move together towards lasting solutions and understand who is working for peace, stability and ending the suffering of Yemenis and who, on the contrary, is hindering peace. From its provisional capital in Aden, the Yemeni Government has undertaken a series of economic measures with the assistance of the Economic Committee and the Central Bank.”

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  15. “Mr. Binmuharak (Yemen) (spoke in Arabic): First of all, allow me, Mr. President, to congratulate you on your presidency of the Security Council for the month of November. I wish you and the friendly delegation of China every success. I would also like to thank you for giving us an opportunity to speak before the Council. I also thank Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Lowcock and Mr. Beasley for their briefings and for their efforts. I would like as well to thank the humanitarian workers, in particular local teams present on the ground in Yemen. I thank the activists, humanitarian workers and our sister Ms. Rasha Jarhum, and through her Yemeni women, who deserve our gratitude given their steadfastness despite the suffering and difficulties inflicted upon them.”

    2018-11-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8404 (2018) · source