Press releases
- 13 Dec 2018 - The Parties, After holding consultations under the auspices of the United Nations from 6-13 December 2018 in the Kingdom of Sweden, Expressing...
- 12 Dec 2018 - On the sidelines of the Sweden Consultations, the Yemeni Women’s Technical Advisory Group held meetings with the two parties as well as members of the diplomatic community and the Foreign Minister of Sweden, Ms. Margot Wallström. The Technical Advisory Group discussed...
- 11 Dec 2018 - Sweden, 11 December 2018 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, held a press conference on the fifth day of the political consultations between the Yemeni parties. Griffiths reported progress on a number of issues, highlighting that the...
- 08 Dec 2018 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, commends the positive spirit the two parties are demonstrating in the Sweden Consultations. “The two parties are engaged in a serious and constructive way in discussing the details of confidence building...
- 06 Dec 2018 - Sweden, 6 December 2018 - Thank you very much. Thank you very much indeed. And thank you through Your Excellency and the Foreign Minister of Sweden,...
- 06 Dec 2018 - Representatives of the Yemeni government and the Houthi movement are sitting down to talk in Sweden and offering us hope for restarting the peace process in their country. By Martin Griffiths Dec. 6, 2018 - The people of Yemen have had enough. More than three...
- 23 Nov 2018 - I arrived earlier this morning from Sana’a and have received a very warm welcome from senior representatives here. I am very grateful to them for organizing this visit. The attention of the world is on Hudaydah. Leaders from every country have called for us all to keep the...
- 19 Nov 2018 - In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths said that he believed it was possible to resolve the conflict in Yemen, but warned of dire consequences if such efforts fail. “If famine takes hold in Yemen then the...
- 17 Nov 2018 - Mr. President, Yemen has long been referred to as the forgotten war. I am grateful that this is no longer the case. Never has so much international attention and energy been given to this crisis, and rightly so. Yemen remains the largest humanitarian disaster in the world as we...
- 16 Nov 2018 - “It is the women of Yemen who pay the highest price of the war, the voice of women is crucial to build peace”, says Somaya, a member of the women technical advisory group which convened earlier this month in Amman. In general, women’s inclusion brings different understanding to...