Press releases
- 16 Jan 2023 - Thank you, Mr. President. Allow me to start by welcoming the newly elected members to this Council. I look forward to work closely with you towards a peaceful, durable, and inclusive settlement...
- 11 Dec 2022 - First, thank you for convening this event. The Summit has been able to bring together an impressive group of civil society and political actors from across and beyond Yemen. It is my honor and pleasure to be invited to address this summit. I...
- 24 Nov 2022 - Good afternoon. It is very good to be back in New York and see you all. I have just briefed the Security Council on my mediation efforts and the latest...
- 22 Nov 2022 - Thank you Madam President. Madam President, in this briefing, I intend to provide an overview over the...
- 09 Nov 2022 - Amman, 09 November 2022 - The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY) concluded a one-day consultative meeting on Gender Inclusion in Track II on the margins of an EU event on Leveraging Track II Peacebuilding in Yemen....
- 13 Oct 2022 - Merci Monsieur Président. Six and a half months ago, on 2nd of April, the nationwide truce in Yemen came into effect. Over the course of these past six and a half months, the truce has started to...
- 30 Sep 2022 - Over the past six months, the Government of Yemen and the Houthis have taken important and bold steps towards peace by agreeing to, and twice renewing, a nationwide truce negotiated by the United Nations. With the 2 October deadline for another extension quickly approaching, I...
- 27 Sep 2022 - AMMAN, 27 SEPTEMBER 2022 - On Monday 26th September, UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg met with the President of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, Dr. Rashad Al-Alimi, in Riyadh to discuss ongoing efforts to implement and extend the truce. Grundberg briefed...
- 12 Sep 2022 - 12 September 2022 - The members of the Security Council highlighted the tangible benefits of the truce to the Yemeni people including a 60 per cent reduction in casualties, the quadrupling of fuel through Hudaydah port, and commercial flights...
- 31 Aug 2022 - Amman, 31 August 2022 – I condemn the attack that was launched from areas controlled by Ansar Allah on Sunday night in Dabab area in Taiz that left a number of soldiers killed or wounded and...