Speeches and Statements

Thank you very much Madam President, and congratulations on your assignment to this Council. It will be no surprise to anyone here that I am returning to this Council, yet again, to report a deterioration of the conflict in…

Briefing to the United Nations Security Council UN Special Envoy for Yemen – Mr. Martin Griffiths 18 February 2021 (As delivered) Madame President, thank you very much for this opportunity. I am saddened, I think the word is…

Thank you very much Mr. President, and welcome to the new members of the council looking forward to our very close association in the months to come. 2020 ended on a harrowing note for Yemen. On 30 th December, a vicious…

Thank you, Madam President, and thank you for this opportunity to update the Council. As members are well aware, I have been mediating the text of the Joint Declaration for many months. I have been carrying out discussions…

29 October 2020 - Thank you also Dina, for the privilege of being in this meeting with UN Women this is a great privilege for all of us, and of course all the participants in this very important and very timely meeting…

Extract of the Secretary-General Remarks at the Security Council Meeting on the "maintenance of International Peace and Security: Comprehensive Review of the Situation in the Persian Gulf Region" 20 October 2020 I remain…

Mr. President, thank you very much indeed. Thank you for this opportunity and I would like to start by an unusual comment saying we have some good news in Yemen today. And as you probably know since this morning, the skies of…

Thank you very much indeed. Merci Monsieur le Président. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to brief the Council. Monsieur le Président, Earlier this year, I warned that Yemen was, I think I called it, a critical…

Thank you very much, Mr. President, and a strong welcome to those in Sana’a, very good to see Sana’a on the screen. Thank you very much for this opportunity and I want to start by congratulating Muslims in Yemen and around…

Thanks very much. Thank you Mr. President, and I want to start by extending my warmest wishes to the people of Yemen, of course firstly, and to Muslims across the world for the holy month of Ramadan. Mr. President, I am…

Mr. President, Thank you very much indeed for giving me the opportunity to brief this Council. An opportunity has emerged to bring peace to Yemen. This opportunity has come as the country faces some of its toughest days…

Thank you very much indeed, Mr. President for giving me the opportunity to brief this Council. Mr. President, the last time I did so, I warned that the military situation in Yemen was growing increasingly dire. Today, I see…