Excellencies, distinguished guests, colleagues, and friends,

I strongly condemn the death in detention on 10 February of a World Food Programme colleague who had been arbitrarily detained by the Houthi de facto authorities since 23 January 2025.

On February 6 in Aden, the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen (OSESGY) convened a meeting with 18 Yemeni businesswomen, from the Businesswomen Council and various governorates across Yemen, and representatives from the Aden Chamber of Commerce a