Special Envoy Statements
- 18 Dec 2020 - 18 December 2020 - The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, welcomes the positive developments in the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement, including the formation of the new Cabinet. He congratulates President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi, the parties to the Riyadh...
- 10 Dec 2020 - Remarks by the UN Special Envoy, Martin Griffiths, at the opening of a webinar organized by the French Agency for Media Development (CFI), supported by the EU on COVID-19 media coverage in Yemen. Thanks a lot. Thanks very much indeed, Nawal. ...
- 11 Nov 2020 - Thank you, Madam President, and thank you for this opportunity to update the Council. As members are well aware, I have been mediating the text of the Joint Declaration for many months. I...
- 15 Oct 2020 - Mr. President, thank you very much indeed. Thank you for this opportunity and I would like to start by an unusual comment saying we have some good news in Yemen today. And as you probably know since this morning,...
- 15 Oct 2020 - 15 Oct 2020 - Press conference by Martin Griffiths, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, on the situation in Yemen.
- 04 Oct 2020 - Sana’a, 4 October 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for Yemen Mr. Altaf Musani, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen Ms. Lise Grande, and UN Special Envoy for Yemen Mr. Martin Griffiths welcomed the return today of patients who have been receiving...
- 27 Sep 2020 - As delivered Switzerland, 27 September 2020 Shaikh Hadi,Abu Hilal,Esteemed members of the delegations,My co-chair Fabrizio,Our host Mr. Olivier Puchard, I would like to say...
- 27 Sep 2020 - Glion, Switzerland - 27 September 2020 - Delegates representing the Government of Yemen and Ansar Allah have agreed to immediately release a first group of 1,081 conflict-related detainees and prisoners, in accordance with the lists of agreed-upon names. This came today, in...
- 03 Sep 2020 - A meeting between the Group of Nine, a coalition of Yemeni women’s organizations and networks supporting the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 and Muin Shreim, Deputy Head of Mission at the Office of the Special Envoy for Yemen...
- 29 Aug 2020 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, is deeply concerned by the major fuel shortages in Ansar-Allah controlled areas, and calls on the parties to work urgently with his Office to reach a solution that guarantees Yemenis’ access to their basic...