Press releases

  • UN teams continue monitoring redeployments of military forces from Hudaydah ports. Photo credit: UNMHA.

    13 May 2019 - The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen will meet the Yemeni parties in Amman on Tuesday 14 May, to discuss implementation of the economic provisions of the Hudayda Agreement reached in Sweden in December 2018. Issues to be discussed will include the...
  • 15 Apr 2019 - Thank you very much Mr. President, And thank you for giving me this opportunity to brief the Council.  It is almost exactly a year since I first had such a chance. And I said then, back in April of last year, that a political solution was available to resolve the conflict in...
  • 09 Apr 2019 - Amman, 09 April 2019 - I am deeply saddened to hear of the tragic deaths of civilians, the majority of whom were young female students attending school, in Saewan area in Sana’a, on 7 April. I would like to offer my sincere condolences both to those affected by this tragic loss...
  • UN Women for OSESGY

    27 Mar 2019 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, took part this morning in the first day of the Yemeni Women Conference “Mediators for Peace”, organized by UN Women in Amman. Addressing the opening of the conference, Griffiths extended thanks to UN...
  • Giles Clarke - UN OCHA

    19 Mar 2019 - Following constructive discussions with both parties, there is significant progress towards an agreement to implement phase one of the redeployments of the Hudayda agreement. Operational details will be presented to the parties in the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC)...
  • @Al-Arabiya for OSESGY

    23 Feb 2019 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, stressed the importance for the parties in Yemen to immediately start implementing phase one of the redeployments in Hudayda. In an interview with Al-Arabiya’s Diplomatic Avenue, he mentioned that “...
  • UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

    19 Feb 2019 - Mr. President, Thank you very much, thank you for the opportunity provided to me to brief this Council. Since I last talked to you, a few weeks ago, we have made some significant progress in the implementation of the agreements reached in Stockholm towards the...
  • @ UNICEF - A woman and children wait as UNICEF-supported emergency humanitarian supplies are distributed in Hudaydah, Yemen, in June 2018.

    11 Feb 2019 - SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR YEMEN MARTIN GRIFFITHS and UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR MARK LOWCOCK 11 February 2019 - The urgency of United Nations access to the Red Sea Mills in Hodeida is growing by the day....
  • The opening of the committee on implementing the prisoner exchange agreement in Amman, 5 February. OSESGY/Hanan Elbadawi
    08 Feb 2019 - The Supervisory Committee on the implementation of the Prisoner Exchange Agreement, comprised of representatives of the Government of Yemen and Ansar Allah, and co-chaired by the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen (OSESGY) and the International...
  • Representatives of the Government of Yemen and Ansar Allah, with members of OSESGY and ICRC teams, after exchanging the lists of prisoners during the Sweden Consultations.
    Claudio Bresciani, UN pool/December 2018.

    04 Feb 2019 - The Supervisory Committee on the implementation of the prisoner exchange agreement is scheduled to reconvene in Amman tomorrow, 5 February. The Committee includes representatives of the Government of Yemen and Ansar Allah, and is co-chaired by the Office of the Special Envoy...

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