16 Apr 2016 - Mr. President,
Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council once again on the latest developments in Yemen. This briefing comes on the eve of the next round of face to face talks in Kuwait, where I hope the parties will come to an agreement on a clear way to...
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Secretary General's Special Envoy for Yemen. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
08 Mar 2016 - On this day, the 8th of March, the world celebrates every year the International Women’s Day. Women have been struggling for years in the past and they have always been present at the core of national, political and social causes.
For years, Yemeni women were the strong part of...
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Yemen, briefs the Security Council. 17 February 2016. UN Photo/Loey Felipe
17 Feb 2016 - Mr. President,
Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council once again on the latest developments in Yemen.
It has been two months since the parties met in Switzerland, for the first face to face talks of the peace process. Those talks produced agreements on...
15 Dec 2015 - Peace be upon you all. On behalf of the Secretary-General, please allow me to thank you for coming.
I would like to welcome you to Switzerland and I hope that this venue will help us to address the difficult task awaiting us. I would also like to thank the Swiss Government for...
31 Oct 2015 -
Mr. President,
Thank you for this opportunity to update the Council on the latest developments in Yemen and challenges facing efforts to ensure the country’s return to peace and stability.
What Yemen is witnessing today contravenes the commitments made by the parties to the...
27 Oct 2015 - The Secretary-General condemns the airstrikes by the Saudi-led Coalition that hit the Hayadeen Medical Hospital, run by Médecins Sans Frontières with support from UNICEF and the World Health Organization in Sa’dah governorate. The strikes reportedly resulted in injuries to...
15 Oct 2015 - Mr. President.
Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Council on the latest developments in Yemen.
Yemen is ablaze and the Yemeni population is in a catastrophic situation. The country is bleeding and its cities collapsing. Yemen’s citizens are deprived of the most basic...
01 Jul 2015 - New York
The Secretary-General repeats his call for an immediate end to the fighting in Yemen to help stem the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the country.
He calls on the parties to agree, at the very minimum, on an immediate pause in hostilities until the end of the...
18 Jun 2015 - Geneva
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, strongly condemns the series of terrorist attacks on 17 June in Sana’a, including the bombing of three mosques, which have resulted in scores of deaths and casualties. He extends his deepest...
13 Jun 2015 - Geneva
The United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, announces the start of preliminary inclusive consultations being organised under the auspices of the United Nations in Geneva on 15 June 2015, which will bring together Yemeni...
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