Speeches and Statements

Good morning again and everyone warm Ramadan Kareem from me. I want to welcome you and thank you for joining us today. As you know, the warring parties have agreed to a two-month truce that started last Saturday. The Truce…

I commend the Government of Yemen, the Saudi-led Coalition and the Houthis for agreeing on a two-month truce in Yemen, including cross-border attacks. I urge all parties to make the necessary arrangements to support the…

I would like to announce that the parties to the conflict have responded positively to a United Nations proposal for a two-month Truce which comes into effect tomorrow 2 April at 1900hrs. The parties accepted to halt all…

Your Excellencies, Secretary-General Al-Hajraf, Secretary-General Taha, Assistant Secretary-General Al Thawadi, Ms. Al Zouba, Ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, Your Excellency, Secretary General Al-Hajraf, for…

Dear correspondents, In response to questions asked about the calls for the temporary cessation of hostilities in Yemen, we can say the following: We welcome the announcements made in recent days by the Saudi-led Coalition…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen including Friday’s aerial attacks on civilian and energy facilities in Saudi Arabia by the Houthis and the subsequent Coalition airstrikes…

Thank you Mr. President. Mr. President, Members of the Council, thank you for the opportunity to brief you again on the situation in Yemen and on the United Nations’ relentless efforts to support a peaceful resolution of this…

Good evening, everyone, I’m glad to be speaking to you today here from New York. I just briefed the Council and you would have heard me updating on the recent worrying wave of military escalation. It’s needless to say a…

Thank you Mr. President, Mr. President, the continued military escalation of the conflict in Yemen has escaped no-one. I am here today to discuss these worrying developments and to share with you my efforts and to try and…

Amman/Sana’a, 25 January 2021– We are alarmed by the escalating spiral of violence in Yemen that continues to harm civilians and is spilling over its borders. January will almost certainly be a record-shattering month for…

The Secretary-General condemns the airstrikes launched earlier today by the Saudi-led Coalition against a detention center in Saada city. Initial reports indicate at least 60 deaths and over 100 injured among the inmates…

Dear correspondents, In response to questions about Yemen, we can say the following: The Secretary-General expresses his concern and deplores the recent Saudi-led Coalition’s airstrikes in Sana’a that resulted in numerous…