03 Jul 2024 - The ongoing round of negotiations about detainees in Oman is taking place in a positive and constructive atmosphere so far. The parties have reached an understanding about arrangements to release conflict related detainees that include Mohamed Qahtan.
This round of negotiations...
18 Jun 2023 - The eighth meeting of the Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the Detainees Exchange Agreement has concluded today in Amman, Jordan. Based on the positive momentum achieved earlier in March in releasing a large group of detainees, the parties engaged in detailed,...
30 Mar 2023 - The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen concluded on the 29th of March a two-day consultation with Yemeni women and men in Cairo, Egypt, on their vision and priorities for inclusive peace. The participants...
22 Oct 2022 - Amman, 22 October 2022 - I condemn the aerial attack claimed by Ansar Allah yesterday, 21 October, against the vessel at Al-Dubba oil terminal in Hadramawt governorate. This is a deeply worrying military escalation.At this critical...
02 Oct 2022 - “The truce that began on 2 April 2022 has offered a truly historic opportunity for Yemen. Building on the positive outcomes of the past six months, I submitted another proposal to the parties on 1 October to extend the truce for another six months, with...
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg remarks at the Yemen International Forum (Photo: Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies)
18 Jun 2022 - Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,
I am pleased to be here with you in Stockholm today. I am especially pleased to see so many Yemeni friends here.
Allow me to start by thanking the organizers, Sana’a Center and the Folke Bernadotte Academy. They wanted to create a space...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres (Photo: UN/Mark Garten)
02 Jun 2022 - I welcome the agreement by the Government of Yemen and the Houthis to renew the truce in Yemen for an additional two months under the same terms as the original agreement. Since the truce came into effect on 2 April 2022, Yemenis have experienced real and tangible benefits...
26 Oct 2017 - Amman, 25 October 2017 - The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed concluded today a four-day visit to Riyadh where he met with Senior Yemeni and Saudi officials.
The Envoy met with President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek Al-...
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Secretary General's Special Envoy for Yemen, briefs the Security Council
UN Photo/Cia Pak
10 Oct 2017 - Mr. President,
The parties to the conflict in Yemen are pursuing a futile and cruel military conflict, which is eroding the path to peace. At the same time, the people of Yemen are suffering from an entirely man-made humanitarian catastrophe.
Clashes and exchanges of heavy fire...
19 Aug 2017 - Amman, Jordan
Mr. President,
Yemen today continues to traverse a critical and agonizing period as civilians pay a terrible price of an unending power...
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