UNRIC Library and Info Point Backgrounder: Yemen

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Note to Correspondents: Joint statement on Detention of United Nations and Non-Governmental Organization Personnel in Yemen (13 June 2024):
https://tinyurl.com/yk6v56dr

Joint Statement by 190 Humanitarian Organisations in Yemen: Humanitarian partners urge donors to remain committed to the millions in need in Yemen (6 May 2024)
https://tinyurl.com/ysr4psrx

Update on efforts to secure a UN roadmap to end the war in Yemen
(23 December 2023)
https://osesgy.unmissions.org/update-efforts-secure-un-roadmap-end-war-yemen

A Year after the Truce Agreement: The Way Ahead – By The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg (2 April 2023)
https://osesgy.unmissions.org/year-after-truce-agreement-way-ahead

UN relief chief: Peace is the greatest gift that could be given to the people of Yemen (27 February 2023)
https://www.unocha.org/story/un-relief-chief-peace-greatest-gift-could-be-given-people-yemen

UN and partners appeal for $4.3 billion for aid operations in Yemen (27 February 2023)
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133932

Two-thirds of Yemenis need humanitarian support and protection (25 January 2023)
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132842

UN Humanitarian chief: Access constraints widespread in Yemen (16 January 2023)
https://www.unocha.org/story/un-humanitarian-chief-access-constraints-widespread-yemen

Ten things you need to know about Yemen (31 May 2021)
https://unocha.exposure.co/ten-things-you-need-to-know-about-yemen

UN News Focus: Yemen
https://news.un.org/en/focus/yemen

Yemen Peace Talks
(UN News Centre Stories)

Yemen: UN envoy warns of threat of return to ‘full-fledged war’ as regional tensions escalate (23 July 2024): https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/07/1152416
UN envoy warns Yemenis not to return to the battlefield (13 June 2024): https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/06/1151026
Calls for sustained peace efforts in Yemen as cholera outbreak worsens (13 May 2024): https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1149671
UN envoy reports on progress towards Yemen peace agreement (17 May 2023): https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136752
Yemen at ‘critical juncture’ in bid to end eight-year war: UN Special Envoy (17 April 2023): https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/04/1135727
Yemen: UN says Saudi-Houthi talks in Sana’a ‘a welcome step’ (10 April 2023): https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/04/1135477
Yemen: End of nationwide truce heralds ‘heightened risk of war’, Security Council hears (13 October 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129517
Yemen: Put the people first, Guterres urges, with extended and expanded truce (30 September 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1129092
Yemen: UN envoy underscores need to ‘end the conflict, not merely manage it’ (15 August 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/08/1124682
Yemen truce renewed for another two months (2 August 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/08/1123832
UN envoy calls for extension and expansion of ‘transformational’ truce in Yemen (21 July 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/07/1122992
Yemen truce holding, but full measures still not in place (14 June 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1120402
Top UN Envoy hails two-month renewal of Yemen truce (2 June 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1119562
Yemen: New Houthi commitment ‘encouraging step’ to protecting children (18 April 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1116402
Yemen: ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ as first nationwide truce in six years continues (14 April 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1116282
Commitment key to Yemen truce success: UN envoy (2 April 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1115432
UN welcomes announcement of two-month truce in Yemen (1 April 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1115392
Work ‘in concert’ to help bring Yemen closer to a peaceful future (30 March 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1115152
Yemen: ‘Political will, responsible leadership’ needed, to end 7-year war (12 January 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/01/1109642
‘Restraint, de-escalation and dialogue’ needed to stem war in Yemen (14 December 2021): https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1107912
Yemen: Dialogue and compromise ‘only way forward’ (14 October 2021): https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1103072
Yemen: As conflict drags on, ‘no quick wins’ – UN envoy (10 September 2021): https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/09/1099622
No end to Yemen civil war on the horizon, senior UN official briefs Security Council (23 August 2021): https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/08/1098272
Guterres welcomes Saudi peace initiative to end fighting in Yemen (23 March 2021): https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/03/1088102
US decision will provide ‘profound relief’ to millions in war-torn Yemen: UN spokesperson (7 February 2021): https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1084082
UN welcomes US decision to ‘strengthen its diplomatic engagement’ towards Yemen peace deal (5 February 2021): https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1083982
The decision to designate the Houthis (Ansar Allah) a foreign terrorist organization, and how it’s impacting the United Nations (2 February 2021): https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/02/1083602
Yemen: Combatants ‘have to find strength’ to end fighting, says UN humanitarian official (18 October 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1075662
An ‘airlift of hope’ in Yemen, UN envoy tells Security Council (15 October 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1075512
Concerns and hopes of Yemenis at heart of UN plans for better future (15 July 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/07/1068431
‘Significant progress’ made towards lasting ceasefire in Yemen, UN Special Envoy tells Security Council (14 May 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064102
Yemen needs cooperation between parties more than ever, says top UN negotiator (27 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1062702
Yemen can’t survive war on two fronts, top UN envoy tells Security Council, as coronavirus outbreak looms (16 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061942
COVID-19 in Yemen: Saudi coalition ceasefire declared in bid to contain coronavirus (9 April 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061422
UN chief calls for ceasefire as Yemen braces for possible COVID-19 outbreak (25 March 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1060302
De-escalate now, to steer Yemen off ‘precarious path’, UN Security Council hears (12 March 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1059341
Yemen: UN envoy calls for ‘immediate and unconditional’ freeze on military activities (7 March 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1058921
Yemen: Recent uptick in fighting contradicts desire for peace (18 February 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/02/1057601
Yemen: Escalation in fighting must stop ‘before it’s too late’, Griffiths tells Security Council (28 January 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/01/1056192
A year on from Yemen talks breakthrough, top UN Envoy hails ‘shift’ towards peace, despite setbacks (13 December 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/12/1053431
‘Signs of hope’ toward a political settlement in Yemen, UN special envoy tells Security Council (22 November 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/11/1052001
Yemen agreement to end southern power struggle ‘important step’ towards peace: UN Special Envoy (5 November 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/11/1050711
‘No time to lose’ UN envoy tells Security Council, ‘Yemen cannot wait’ (20 August 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/08/1044561
Yemen: UN Envoy ‘guilty’ of optimistic hope that war is ‘nearing the end’ (18 July 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/07/1042771
UN monitoring team in Yemen verifies pullout of armed forces from crucial port zones (14 May 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/05/1038461
As Houthi forces withdraw from key Yemeni ports, UN monitoring chief welcomes ‘first practical step on the ground’ (10 May 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/05/1038321
Plan for troop pullback ‘now accepted’ by rival forces around key Yemen port, but fighting intensifying elsewhere, Security Council warned (15 April 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/04/1036671
Moving from a promise made in Sweden towards hope for peace in Yemen (19 February 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/02/103310
Top envoy to Yemen praises ‘flexibility’ of chief negotiators as new UN mission chief is named (31 January 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/01/1031762
Despite setbacks, ‘political will’ to end Yemen war stronger than ever: top UN envoy (28 January 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/01/1031422
Yemen: Security Council backs new mission in support of key port city truce (16 January 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/01/1030582
‘We cannot lose momentum’ on the road to peace in Yemen, UN envoy warns (9 January 2019): https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/01/1030112
Yemen: Committee brings warring parties to the table in Hudaydah, builds on ceasefire (28 December 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1029501
Warring parties in Yemen must ‘fully respect’ Hudaydah ceasefire – UN Security Council (21 December 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1029151
UN-led Yemen ceasefire monitoring team gets ready to begin operations (19 December 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1029001
Yemen ceasefire deal: ‘Potential’ now to restore humanitarian lifeline to millions (14 December 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1028551
Yemen talks: Truce agreed over key port city of Hudaydah (13 December 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1028441
Progress made in UN talks to end Yemen war, Envoy lauds ‘positive and serious spirit’ (11 December 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1028161
Yemen war: UN chief urges good faith as ‘milestone’ talks get underway in Sweden (6 December 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1027821
Yemen war: UN-backed talks to silence the guns due to begin in Stockholm (5 December 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1027801
Evacuation of wounded Yemenis from rebel-held capital may bolster fresh peace talks (3 December 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/12/1027461
Saudi Arabia must halt air strikes in Yemen, says UN panel (11 October 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/10/1022852
As Yemen conflict rages, ‘all too abundantly clear’ millions of civilians are the ones losing – UN relief chief (21 September 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/09/1020182
Yemen: UN envoy asks Security Council for more support ‘to move back’ to the negotiating table (11 September 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/09/1019062
Yemen consultations have started, insists top UN negotiator (8 September 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/09/1018791
UN Envoy working to ‘overcome obstacles’ barring resumption of Yemen peace talks (6 September 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/09/1018601
Major UN push for peace to end Yemen’s ‘hot war’ begins in Geneva (5 September 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/09/1018432
UN to convene Yemen talks early next month in Geneva, envoy tells Security Council (2 August 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/08/1016212
Yemen parties underscore ‘strong desire’ for peace, UN Envoy reports (5 July 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/07/1013962
De-escalation of fighting in Hodeida is key to ‘long-overdue’ restart of Yemen peace talks: UN envoy (28 June 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/06/1013492
UN Envoy ‘confident’ deal can be reached to avert further violence around key Yemeni port city (21 June 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/06/1012772
As conditions worsen in Yemen, a new UN envoy hopes to rekindle peace talks (17 April 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/04/1007512
UN renews push for political solution as Yemen marks three years of all-out conflict (26 March 2018): https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/03/1005961
UN envoy urges support for efforts to resume political process in Yemen (21 December 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/12/640052
Paramount that civilians are protected in Yemen, underscores UN (4 December 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/12/638182-paramount-civilians-are-protected-yemen-underscores-un
Parties to ‘brutal conflict’ in Yemen must respect international humanitarian law – UN official (6 November 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/11/569982
In Saudi Arabia, UN envoy seeks to further initiatives to end violence in Yemen (25 October 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/10/569292
Leaders ‘not interested’ in finding solution to Yemen crisis, UN envoy tells Security Council (10 October 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/10/568192
Senior UN officials urge concrete action to end Yemen conflict, ease ‘appalling’ humanitarian situation (12 July 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/07/561392
Yemen: As humanitarian crisis deepens, Security Council urges all parties to engage in peace talks (15 June 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/06/559632
‘We are not close’ to urgently needed peace deal in Yemen, UN envoy tells Security Council (30 May 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/05/558392
Yemen: UN envoy urges Security Council to pressure warring parties to discuss peace proposal (30 March 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/03/554352
Yemen’s brutal two-year conflict forcing displaced to return home amid persisting risks – UN (21 February 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/02/551902-yemens-brutal-two-year-conflict-forcing-displaced-return-home-amid-persisting
UN chief Guterres engages in ‘constructive’ discussions on Yemen, Libya with Saudi Foreign Minister (12 February 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/02/551322
Urging ‘bold decisions’ to end Yemen conflict, UN envoy says viable peace plan within reach (26 January 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/01/550282
More than words, ending Yemen crisis needs results, UN envoy says, concluding mission in capital (23 January 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/01/550022
UN envoy in Yemen meeting with President, senior officials to push for greater aid access (16 January 2017): http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=55980
UN agency renews call for protecting children after deadly attacks in Yemeni capital (11 January 2017): https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/01/549182
Formation of Houthi government ‘complicates search for peaceful solution’ to Yemen crisis – UN envoy (29 November 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/11/546522
Yemen: UN envoy announces resumption of cessation of hostilities (19 November 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/11/545842
‘Dawn of peace’ could be near if Yemeni actors prioritize national interest – UN envoy tells Security Council (31 October 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/10/544232
Yemen: UN envoy urges 72-hour extension of ceasefire (22 October 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/10/543502-yemen-un-envoy-urges-72-hour-extension-ceasefire
UN Envoy announces the restoration of a nationwide cessation of hostilities in Yemen (Note to Correspondents, 17 October 2016): https://tinyurl.com/mrf23pj8
Security Council urges warring parties in Yemen to resume talks with UN envoy (9 September 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/09/538682
Yemeni peace talks enter ‘new phase,’ as UN envoy announces month-long pause for consultations (6 August 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/08/536202-yemeni-peace-talks-enter-new-phase-un-envoy-announces-month-long-pause
Yemeni peace talks extended for another week – UN envoy (30 July 2016): https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemeni-peace-talks-extended-another-week-un-envoy
Yemen: UN envoy urges ‘definitive decisions’ as peace talks continue in Kuwait (16 July 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/07/534602-yemen-un-envoy-urges-definitive-decisions-peace-talks-continue-kuwait
UN-supported Yemeni peace talks entering new phase, says UN envoy (29 June 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/06/533402-un-supported-yemeni-peace-talks-entering-new-phase-says-un-envoy
In Kuwait, Ban urges Yemeni delegations in peace talks to find lasting solution to end conflict (26 June 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/06/533112
Despite positive talks, delays over peace roadmap ‘needlessly extending Yemen’s agony’– UN envoy (21 June 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/06/532662
‘Hope’ emanating from UN-sponsored talks, as details of peace agreement discussed (26 May 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/05/530452
UN-mediated peace talks continue following trilateral meeting with Ban in Qatar (23 May 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/05/530062
UN-mediated peace talks continue, with consensus on some issues (14 May 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/05/529292
UN-brokered peace talks continue in parallel meetings (11 May 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/05/528982
UN-mediated peace talks continuing amid ‘worrying’ breaches of the cessation of hostilities (5 May 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/05/528542
Despite ‘positive atmosphere,’ Government of Yemen suspends participation from joint peace talks (1 May 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/05/528172
Yemen talks ‘moving forward towards peace’, UN envoy reports (30 April 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/04/528162
UN envoy says ‘significant differences’ remain in talks, but notes consensus on peace (24 April 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/04/527562
Yemen stands ‘closer than ever to peace,’ says UN envoy, as talks continue in Kuwait
(22 April 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/04/527502-yemen-stands-closer-ever-peace-says-un-envoy-talks-continue-kuwait
‘Make peace your choice’ urges UN envoy, as Yemen talks begin in Kuwait (21 April 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/04/527382
UN envoy announces delay in Yemen peace talks (18 April 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/04/527052
Preparations underway ‘at full speed’ for intra-Yemeni peace talks, says UN envoy (1 April 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/04/525812
UN Envoy for Yemen announces cessation of hostilities and start date for peace talks
(23 March 2016): https://news.un.org/en/story/2016/03/525162

Security Council

Meetings in 2024: 23, 8 July, 23, 8 July, 13 June, 13 May, 15 April, 14 March, 14 February, 12, 10 January – Maintenance of international peace and security
Meeting records, press releases and resolutions:
https://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2024
- Pointing to “cycle of violence”, Senior UN Official urges restraint following air strikes in Yemen (SC/15565, 12 January 2024): https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15565.doc.htm
Meetings in 2023: 14, 8 November, 16 August, 10 July, 17 May, 17 April, 15 March, 15 February, 16 January – The Situation in the Middle East
https://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2023
Meetings in 2022: 22 November, 13 October, 15 August, 13, 11 July, 14 June13 April, 15 March, 28, 15 February, 12, 4 January – The Situation in the Middle East
https://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2022
Meetings in 2021: 11 November, 10 September, 23 August, 14 July, 15, 3 June, 12 May, 15 April, 16 March, 25, 18 February, 14 January – The Situation in the Middle East
https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/meetings-2020-vtc
https://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2021
Meetings in 2020: 14 December, 11 November, 15 October, 18 August, 28, 15 July, 24 June, 14 May, 16 April, 25, 18 February, 16, 13 January – The Situation in the Middle East
https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/meetings-2020-vtc
http://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2020
Meetings in 2019: 22 November, 17 October, 16 September, 20 August, 18, 15 July, 17 June, 15 May, 15 April, 27 March, 26, 19 February, 16, 9 January – The Situation in the Middle East
http://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2019
Meetings in 2018: 21, 14 December, 16 November, 23 October, 21, 11 September, 2 August, 17 April, 15 March, 27, 26 February – The Situation in the Middle East
http://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2018
Meetings in 2017: 10 October, 18 August, 15 June, 30 May, 23 February, 26 January – The Situation in the Middle East; 10 March – Briefing by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
http://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2017
Meetings in 2016: 31 October, 31 August, 21 June, 25, 15 April, 3 March, 24, 17, 16 February – The Situation in the Middle East
http://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2016
Meetings in 2015: 22 December, 23 October, 19 August, 28 July, 14 April, 22 March, 24, 15, 12 February – The Situation in the Middle East
http://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2015
Meetings in 2014: 11 December, 29 August, 14 May, 26 February – The Situation in the Middle East
http://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2014
Meetings in 2013: 11 June – The Situation in the Middle East; 7 February – Briefing by the Security Council mission to Yemen
http://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2013
- S/2013/173 (19 March 2013): Report of the Security Council mission to Yemen, 27 January 2013: http://undocs.org/S/2013/173
Meetings in 2012: 4 December, 29 May, 29 March, 28 February: Middle East
http://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2012
Meetings in 2011: 21 October 2011 – Middle East situation
http://research.un.org/en/docs/sc/quick/meetings/2011
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014):
https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/2140
- S/2023/833 (2 November 2023): Letter dated 2 November 2023 from the Panel of Experts on Yemen addressed to the President of the Security Council: https://undocs.org/S/2023/833
  Transmits final report of the Panel.
- S/2023/130 (21 February 2023): Letter dated 21 February 2023 from the Panel of Experts on Yemen addressed to the President of the Security Council: https://undocs.org/S/2023/130
  Transmits final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen.
- S/2022/50 (26 January 2022): Letter dated 25 January 2022 from the Panel of Experts on Yemen addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2022/50
  Transmits final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen.
- S/2021/79 (25 January 2021): Letter dated 22 January 2021 from the Panel of Experts on Yemen addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2021/79
  Transmits final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen.
- S/2020/1255 (31 December 2020): Letter dated 18 December 2020 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2020/1255
  Transmits report of the Committee’s activities for 2020.
- S/2019/969 (19 December 2019): Letter dated 16 December 2019 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2019/969
  Transmits report of the Committee’s activities for 2019.
- S/2018/1125 (31 December 2018): Letter dated 17 December 2018 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2018/1125
  Transmits report of the Committee’s activities for 2018.
- S/2018/594 (26 January 2018): Letter dated 26 January 2018 from the Panel of Experts on Yemen mandated by Security Council resolution 2342 (2017) addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2018/594
  Previously issued under symbol S/2018/68. Transmits final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen.
- S/2018/193 (31 January 2017): Letter dated 27 January 2017 from the Panel of Experts on Yemen addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2018/193
  Previously issued under document symbol S/2017/81. Transmits final report of the Panel of Experts.
- S/2018/192 (26 January 2016): Letter dated 22 January 2016 from the Panel of Experts on Yemen established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2140 (2014) addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2018/192
  Previously issued under document symbol S/2016/73. Transmits final report of the Panel of Experts.
- S/2018/68 (26 January 2018): Letter dated 26 January 2018 from the Panel of Experts on Yemen mandated by Security Council resolution 2342 (2017) addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2018/68
  Transmits final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen.
- S/2017/1097 (29 December 2017): Letter dated 21 December 2017 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 2140 (2014) addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2017/1097
  Transmits report of the Committee’s activities for 2017.
- S/2016/1122 (30 December 2016): Letter dated 21 December 2016 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee Established pursuant to Resolution 2140 (2014) addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2016/1122
  Transmits report of the Committee’s activities for 2016.
- S/2015/965 (31 December 2015): Letter dated 9 December 2015 from the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2015/965
  Transmits report of the Committee’s activities for 2015.
- S/2015/125 (20 February 2015): Letter dated 20 February 2015 from the Panel of Experts on Yemen established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2140 (2014) addressed to the President of the Security Council: http://undocs.org/S/2015/125
  Transmits final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen.

Resolutions:

- S/RES/2742 (2024): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2742(2024)
  on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) until 14 July 2025
- S/RES/2707 (2023): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2707(2023)
  on renewal of sanctions against Yemen imposed by Security Council resolution 2140 (2014) until 15 Nov. 2024 and extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts until 15 Dec. 2024
- S/RES/2691 (2023): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2691(2023)
  on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) until 14 July 2024
- S/RES/2675 (2023): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2675(2023)
  on renewal of sanctions against Yemen imposed by Security Council resolution 2140 (2014) until 15 Nov. 2023 and extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts until 15 Dec. 2023
- S/RES/2643 (2022): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2643(2022)
  on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) until 14 July 2023
- S/RES/2624 (2022): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2624(2022)
  on renewal of sanctions against Yemen imposed by Security Council resolution 2140 (2014) until 28 Feb. 2023 and extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts until 28 Mar. 2023
- S/RES/2586 (2021): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2586(2021)
  on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) until 15 July 2022
- S/RES/2564 (2021): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2564(2021)
  on renewal of sanctions against Yemen imposed by Security Council resolution 2140 (2014) until 28 Feb. 2022 and extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts until 28 Mar. 2022
- S/RES/2534 (2020): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2534(2020)
  Security Council extends mandate of Political Mission overseeing Yemen Peace Agreement for one year
- S/RES/2511 (2020): http://undocs.org/S/RES/2511(2020)
  on renewal of sanctions against Yemen imposed by Security Council resolution 2140 (2014) until 26 Feb. 2021 and extension of the mandate of the Panel of Experts until 28 Mar. 2021

Human Rights Council

Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/yemen-gee/index

Selected documents:

- A/HRC/RES/54/29: Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights: resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 12 October 2023: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/54/29
- A/HRC/54/74 (22 September 2023): Implementation of technical assistance provided to the National Commission of Inquiry to investigate allegations of violations and abuses committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen: report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/54/74
  Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 51/39, covers the period from 7 Oct. 2022 to July 2023.
- A/HRC/RES/51/39: Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights: resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 7 October 2022: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/51/39
- A/HRC/51/62 (19 September 2022): Implementation of technical assistance provided to the National Commission of Inquiry to investigate allegations of violations and abuses committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen: report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/51/62
  Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 48/21.
- A/HRC/RES/48/21: Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 11 October 2021: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/48/21
- A/HRC/48/20 (13 September 2021): Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014 : report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/48/20
  Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 45/15, presents an overview of findings concerning violations committed from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, as well as providing a select retrospective analysis. Annexes (p. 19-58): 1. Airstrikes and shelling attacks documented by the Group since its establishment : nowhere safe — 2. Satellite imagery analysis — 3. Map of Yemen — 4. Mapping of the main actors — Appendix 1: Government of Yemen command
- A/HRC/48/48 (24 August 2021): Implementation of technical assistance provided to the National Commission of Inquiry to investigate allegations of violations and abuses committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen : report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/48/48
  Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 45/26.
- A/HRC/RES/45/26: Technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen in the field of human rights : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 6 October 2020: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/45/26
- A/HRC/RES/45/15: Situation of human rights in Yemen : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 6 October 2020: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/45/15
- A/HRC/45/CRP.7 (29 September 2020): Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014: detailed findings of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3888924?ln=en
  Submitted as a supplement to A/HRC/45/6; focuses on the period between July 2019 and June 2020. Includes annexes (p. 111-151): 1. Mapping of the main actors. Appendix 1: Government of Yemen command and control; Appendix 2: De facto authorities command and control — 2. Timeline of ten detained journalists by de facto authorities; Gender-based violence during the conflict in Yemen; Violations against children in Yemen.
- A/HRC/45/57 (2 September 2020): Implementation of technical assistance provided to the National Commission of Inquiry to investigate allegations of violations and abuses committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen: report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/45/57
  Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 42/31, provides an overview of technical assistance provided between Mar. 2016 and Aug. 2020.
- A/HRC/45/6 (28 September 2020): Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014 Report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/45/6
- A/HRC/42/CRP.1 (3 September 2019): Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014: Report of the detailed findings of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen: https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/GEE-Yemen/A_HRC_42_CRP_1.PDF
  - Infographics: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/YemenGEE/Pages/Index.aspx#info
- A/HRC/42/17 (9 August 2019): Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014: Report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts as submitted to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: https://undocs.org/A/HRC/42/17
- A/HRC/RES/42/2: Human rights situation in Yemen : resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 26 September 2019: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/42/2
- A/HRC/RES/39/16: Human rights situation in Yemen: resolution / adopted by the Human Rights Council on 28 September 2018: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/RES/39/16
- A/HRC/39/43 (17 August 2018): Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014: report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights containing the findings of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts and a summary of technical assistance provided by the Office of the High Commissioner to the National Commission of Inquiry: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/39/43
  Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 36/31, covers the period 1 Sept. 2014 to 30 June 2018. Annexes (p. 17-41): 1. Mapping of actors — 2. Access restrictions by the Government of Yemen/coalition– 3. The Joint Incidents Assessment Team — 4. Attacks affecting civilians.
- A/HRC/36/33 (13 September 2017): Situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014; Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/36/33
- A/HRC/33/38 (4 August 2016): Situation of human rights in Yemen:
  http://undocs.org/A/HRC/33/38
  A/HRC/30/31 (7 September 2015): Situation of human rights in Yemen : report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/30/31
  Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 27/19, covers the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015.
- A/HRC/27/44 (27 August 2014): Situation of human rights in Yemen : report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/27/44
  Submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 18/19, 9/29, 21/22 and 24/32.
- A/HRC/21/37 (5 September 2012): Situation of human rights in Yemen : report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/21/37
  This report follows up on the report of OHCHR on its assessment mission conducted from 28 June to 6 July 2011 (A/HRC/18/21), and its first progress report (A/HRC/19/51), which provided information from July until the end of 2011.
- A/HRC/19/51 (13 February 2012): Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Yemen: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/19/51
  Reports on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Right’s visit to Yemen from 20 to 27 December 2011.
- A/HRC/18/21 (16 September 2011) : Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the visit by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to Yemen: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/18/21
  Reports on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Right’s visit to Yemen from 28 June to 6 July 2011.

UN Entities

United Nations in Yemen
http://ye.one.un.org/
- Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation (IAHE) of the Yemen Crisis (IASC, 14 July 2022): https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/inter-agency-humaniatrian-evaluations-steering-group/inter-agency-humanitarian-evaluation-iahe-yemen-crisis
Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen
https://osesgy.unmissions.org/, https://dppa.un.org/en/mission/special-envoy-yemen
United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA)
https://dppa.un.org/en/mission/unmha-hudaydah-agreement
UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism for Yemen (UNVIM)
http://www.vimye.org/
Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict – Yemen
http://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/countries/yemen/
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – Yemen
https://www.ohchr.org/en/countries/yemen
International Organization for Migration (IOM) – Yemen
https://yemen.iom.int/
- IOM calls for increased support for growing number of stranded migrants in Yemen (7 May 2024): https://yemen.iom.int/news/iom-calls-increased-support-growing-number-stranded-migrants-yemen
UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Yemen
http://www.ye.undp.org/
- Assessing the Impact of War in Yemen: Pathways for Recovery (23 November 2021): https://www.ye.undp.org/content/yemen/en/home/library/assessing-the-impact-of-war-in-yemen–pathways-for-recovery.html
- Yemen takes historic step as millions vote (22 February 2012):
  http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/presscenter/articles/2012/02/22/yemen-takes-historic-step-as-millions-vote.html
- Multidimentional Livelihoods Assessment in Conflict Areas in Yemen (December 2013):
  https://bit.ly/2k7IisD
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – Yemen
http://www.unhcr.org/yemen.html
https://www.unhcr.org/yemen-emergency.html
- 9 Years of Conflict, Economic Strain, and Environmental Challenges Push Displaced Families to the Brink (29 March 2024): https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/107593
- Yemen sees fresh displacement after five years of conflict (27 March 2020): https://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2020/3/5e7dba1e4/
- Thousands flee amid fresh violence in Yemen (9 February 2018):
  http://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2018/2/5a7d87514.html
- Q&A: Yemenis face a ‘struggle for survival’ (20 December 2016):
  http://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2016/12/5858eb774/qa-yemenis-face-struggle-survival.html
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) – Yemen
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/yemen.html
- 9 years into the conflict in Yemen, millions of children are malnourished and stunted (26 March 2024): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/9-years-conflict-yemen-millions-children-are-malnourished-and-stunted
- Yemen: Childhood Under Threat (August 2015): http://bit.ly/1J5VUMS
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) – Yemen
http://www.unocha.org/yemen
- ReliefWeb – Yemen: http://reliefweb.int/country/yem
- ReliefWeb – Yemen: Floods – Apr 2024: https://reliefweb.int/disaster/fl-2024-000059-yem
- Yemen: The Cost of Inaction (as of 5 May 2024): https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-cost-inaction-5-may-2024
- The humanitarian community appeals to donors to help millions in need in Yemen (1 February 2024): https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/yemen/humanitarian-community-appeals-donors-help-millions-need-yemen-enar
- Stories of Hope: YHF Partners’ Impact on the Lives of Vulnerable People in Yemen (OCHA, September 2023): https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/stories-hope-yhf-partners-impact-lives-vulnerable-people-yemen
- Yemen Conference 2023 – High-Level Pledging Event on the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, 27 February 2023: https://www.unocha.org/yemen2023
- High-Level Pledging Event on the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, 16 March 2022:
  https://www.unocha.org/yemen2022
- Virtual High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen, 1 March 2021: https://www.unocha.org/yemen2021
- Yemen 2020: High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen: https://www.unocha.org/yemen2020
- Yemen: Millions of lives must be saved (29 May 2020): https://unocha.exposure.co/millions-of-lives-must-be-saved-in-yemen
- 2018 Yemen High-Level Pledging Event (Geneva, 3 April 2018): http://www.unocha.org/2018-yemen-high-level-pledging-event
- Largest consolidated humanitarian appeal for Yemen to provide a lifeline to 13.1 million people (21 January 2018): http://www.unocha.org/story/largest-consolidated-humanitarian-appeal-yemen-provide-lifeline-131-million-people
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) – Yemen Humitarian Emergency
https://www.unfpa.org/data/emergencies/yemen-humanitarian-emergency
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- Assessment of the Response to Illicit Weapons Trafficking in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea (March 2024): https://www.unodc.org/documents/CRIMJUST/Yemen_Booklet_Online.pdf
Food and Agriculture Organization – FAO in Emergencies – Crisis in Yemen
http://www.fao.org/emergencies/crisis/yemen/en/
World Food Programme (WFP) – Yemen
http://www.wfp.org/countries/yemen
- Acute malnutrition surges in southern Yemen with extremely critical conditions reported in West Coast areas (19 August 2024): https://www.wfp.org/news/acute-malnutrition-surges-southern-yemen-extremely-critical-conditions-reported-west-coast
- Yemen: looking beyond today’s hunger crisis: WFP’s Country Director talks about food’s key role in building stability and the search for longer-term solutions
  (22 September 2022): https://www.wfp.org/stories/yemen-looking-beyond-todays-hunger-crisis
- Yemen Emergency:
  https://www.wfp.org/emergencies/yemen-emergency
- Of food, life and death – A diary from Yemen:
  https://insight.wfp.org/of-food-life-and-death-1e696f641d61
World Health Organization (WHO) – Yemen
http://www.who.int/countries/yem/en/
- WHO: Joint statement by UN Special Envoy for Yemen, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen and World Health Organization in Yemen on UN medical air bridge flights (3 February 2020): https://bit.ly/2v4DJKD
World Bank – Yemen
https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/yemen
- Yemen: Building and Preserving Human Capital During Prolonged Conflict (Brief, 19 April 2024): https://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2024/04/19/-yemen-building-and-preserving-human-capital-during-prolonged-conflict

Selected Statements and Speeches by UN Officials

Statements by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen: https://osesgy.unmissions.org/special-envoy-statements
Statements by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen: https://reliefweb.int/organization/un-rchc-yemen

Deeply concerned about UN Personnel detained in Yemen by Houthis, Secretary-General strongly condemns forced entry into High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Premises (SG/SM/22336, 19 August 2024): https://press.un.org/en/2024/sgsm22336.doc.htm
Lisa Doughten, Director of Financing and Partnerships Division, OCHA, on behalf of Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Ms. Joyce Msuya – Briefing to the Security Council on Yemen, 15 August 2024: https://tinyurl.com/3hv3z2c5
Yemen: Türk condemns storming of UN Human Rights office in Sana’a, renews call for release of detained staff (13 August 2024): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/08/yemen-turk-condemns-storming-un-human-rights-office-sanaa-renews-call
Remarks by Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator: Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen (23 July 2024): https://tinyurl.com/yc7pwzb9
USG DiCarlo briefs Security Council on situation in Hudaydah (22 July 2024): https://dppa.un.org/en/mtg-sc-9691-usg-dicarlo-yemen-22-jul-2024
Yemen: Renewed call to release UN and NGO staff detained by Ansar Allah (9 July 2024): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-briefing-notes/2024/07/yemen-renewed-call-release-un-and-ngo-staff-detained-ansar-allah
Continued detention of staff in Yemen (14 June 2024): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-briefing-notes/2024/06/continued-detention-staff-yemen
Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, OCHA, on behalf of Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 13 June 2024: https://tinyurl.com/3kk2vwy3
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on detention of staff in Yemen (11 June 2024): https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2024/06/comment-un-high-commissioner-human-rights-volker-turk-detention
Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, OCHA, on behalf of Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen (15 April 2024): https://tinyurl.com/2rccsuf3
Statement on the ninth anniversary of the conflict in Yemen, by Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva (26 March 2024): https://www.unops.org/news-and-stories/speeches/statement-on-the-ninth-anniversary-of-the-conflict-in-yemen
Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on behalf of Mr. Martin Griffiths USG for Humanitarian Affairs and ERC – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 14 March 2024: https://tinyurl.com/ymax3bc6
Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, OCHA, on Behalf of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths – Briefing to the Security Council on the Situation in Yemen, 14 February 2024: http://tinyurl.com/57955xfv
Following air strikes, Secretary-General urges adherence to international law, avoidance of acts that could exacerbate situation in Yemen (SG/SM/22103, 12 January 2024): https://press.un.org/en/2024/sgsm22103.doc.htm
Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari’s remarks to the Security Council on maintenance of international peace and security (New York, 12 January 2024): https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/assistant-secretary-general-khaled-khiaris-remarks-security-council-maintenance-international-peace-and-security-new-york-12-january-2024
Special Envoy Hans Grunberg’s interview with Yemen Today TV (5 September 2023): https://osesgy.unmissions.org/special-envoy-hans-grunberg%E2%80%99s-interview-yemen-today-tv
End of oil transfer operation could spark momentum towards peace in Yemen: UN official (UN News, 11 August 2023): https://news.un.org/en/audio/2023/08/1139697
Secretary-General welcomes successful removal of oil from FSO Safer to Yemen replacement vessel, avoiding environmental, humanitarian catastrophe (SG/SM/21904, 11 August 2023): https://press.un.org/en/2023/sgsm21904.doc.htm
Expressing profound relief, Secretary-General hails release of five abducted United Nations Department for Safety and Security Personnel in Yemen (SG/SM/21903, 11 August 2023): https://press.un.org/en/2023/sgsm21903.doc.htm
Oil-Transfer operation off Yemen coast under way to avert humanitarian, environmental catastrophe, Secretary-General says, calling for $20 Million to complete project (SG/SM/21889, 25 July 2023): https://press.un.org/en/2023/sgsm21889.doc.htm
Edem Wosornu, Director, Operations and Advocacy Division, on Behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths – Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen, 17 May 2023): https://reliefweb.int/node/3962849
At Security Council, UN Deputy Relief Chief calls for action to address “staggering” Yemen emergency (15 March 2023): https://unocha.org/story/security-council-un-deputy-relief-chief-calls-action-address-staggering-yemen-emergency
Amid fragile humanitarian gains in Yemen, Secretary-General, at Pledging Event, appeals for $4.3 Billion to assist 17.3 Million of most vulnerable people (SG/SM/21701, 27 February 2023): https://press.un.org/en/2023/sgsm21701.doc.htm
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, Opening remarks at the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, 27 February 2023: https://reliefweb.int/node/3938124
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths – Statement for the Security Council Briefing on Yemen, 16 January 2023: https://reliefweb.int/node/3924492
Reena Ghelani, Director of Operations and Advocacy Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Remarks on behalf of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, 22 November 2022: https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/reena-ghelani-director-operations-and-advocacy-division-office-coordination-humanitarian-affairs-remarks-behalf-under-secretary-general-humanitarian-affairs-and-emergency-relief-coordinator-22-november-2022
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Joyce Msuya – Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen, 13 October 2022: https://reliefweb.int/node/3895968
Seize opportunity to build on gains, end Yemen conflict, says Secretary-General in Statement regarding Nationwide Truce (SG/SM/21502, 30 September 2022): https://press.un.org/en/2022/sgsm21502.doc.htm
Acting Director for Operations and Advocacy, Ghada Eltahir Mudawi, on behalf of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen, 15 August 2022: https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/acting-director-operations-and-advocacy-ghada-eltahir-mudawi-behalf-under-secretary-general-humanitarian-affairs-and-emergency-relief-coordinator-statement-security-council-yemen
Ghada Eltahir Mudawi, Acting Director, Operations and Advocacy Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs remarks on behalf of the USG for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, at Security Council meeting on Yemen (14 June 2022): https://reliefweb.int/node/3856761
UNESCO and UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE Joint Statement (4 May 2022): https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2022/05/unesco-and-un-human-rights-office-joint-statement
Statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths – Remarks to the UN Security Council on Yemen, 14 April 2022: https://reliefweb.int/node/3838081
Secretary-General, hailing nationwide truce in Yemen, stresses regional, international support will remain critical to its success (SG/SM/21225, 1 April 2022): https://www.un.org/press/en/2022/sgsm21225.doc.htm
Secretary-General condemns attacks on civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia, Yemen (SG/SM/21208, 26 March 2022): https://www.un.org/press/en/2022/sgsm21208.doc.htm
Scope of response to humanitarian crisis in Yemen must match scale of challenge, Secretary-General tells High-Level Pledging Event (SG/SM/21184 16 March 2022): https://www.un.org/press/en/2022/sgsm21184.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, remarks at High-Level Pledging Event for Yemen, 16 March 2022: https://reliefweb.int/node/3827956
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, remarks at High-Level Pledging Event for Yemen, 16 March 2022: https://reliefweb.int/node/3827956
Virtual High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen
Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1 March 2021): https://www.ohchr.org/en/2021/03/virtual-high-level-pledging-event-humanitarian-situation-yemen
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martin Griffiths – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen, 15 February 2022: https://reliefweb.int/node/3818165
Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Air Strikes in Yemen (SG/SM/21114, 21 January 2022): https://www.un.org/press/en/2022/sgsm21114.doc.htm
Yemen: Joint statement by OHCHR and UNESCO on two detained staff members (28 December 2021): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/12/yemen-joint-statement-ohchr-and-unesco-two-detained-staff-members
Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Executions in Yemen, Questioning Houthi Movement’s Adherence to Due Process Standards under International Law (SG/SM/20914, 19 September 2021): https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sgsm20914.doc.htm
Statement by Mr. Kamel Jendoubi, Chairperson of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen at the 48th session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva, 14 September 2021: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2021/09/statement-mr-kamel-jendoubi-chairperson-group-eminent-experts-yemen-48th-session
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr. Martin Griffiths Statement Briefing to the Security Council on Yemen, 23 August 2021: https://bit.ly/3GVRBpK
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock briefing to the Security Council on Yemen, 15 June 2021: https://bit.ly/3BqcaJQ
On Behalf of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, UNOCHA Director of Operations and Advocacy, Ms. Reena Ghelani – Remarks to the Security Council on the SAFER tanker in Yemen, 3 June 2021: https://bit.ly/3rWMNMP
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 12 May 2021: https://bit.ly/3LQRtvA
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen (15 April 2021): https://bit.ly/3gSoIAs
Secretary-General Commends Efforts by Sultanate of Oman to End Conflict in Yemen, Alleviate Yemeni People’s Suffering (SG/SM/20666, 31 March 2021): https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sgsm20666.doc.htm
Welcoming Saudi Arabia’s Announced Support for Negotiated Settlement in Yemen, Secretary-General Stresses People’s Needs Must Be Placed above All Others (SG/SM/20647, 23 March 2021): https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sgsm20647.doc.htm
Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 16 March 2021: https://bit.ly/3Bswom9
Disappointing Outcome of Yemen Funding Conference Mere ‘Down Payment’ to Prevent Famine, Secretary-General Says, Asking Donors to Boost Pledges (SG/SM/20609, 1 March 2021): https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sgsm20609.doc.htm
As Famine Looms in Yemen, Secretary-General Calls on Donors to Fund $3.85 Billion Humanitarian Appeal, Describes Recent Aid Decline as ‘Death Sentence’ (SG/SM/20607, 1 March 2021): https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sgsm20607.doc.htm
Virtual High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen: Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1 March 2021: https://www.ohchr.org/en/2021/03/virtual-high-level-pledging-event-humanitarian-situation-yemen
USG Op-ed: As Yemen teeters on the edge, Global Britain must reprise its role as a responsible world leader (22 February 2021): https://www.unocha.org/story/usg-op-ed-yemen-teeters-edge-global-britain-must-reprise-its-role-responsible-world-leader
Statement by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, on Yemen, 22 February 2021: https://reliefweb.int/node/3715583
Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Briefing to the Security Council on humanitarian situation in Yemen, 18 February 2021: https://reliefweb.int/node/3714579
WFP Chief warns UN Security Council of imminent famine in Yemen (14 January 2021): https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-chief-warns-un-security-council-imminent-famine-yemen
Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Briefing to the Security Council on humanitarian situation in Yemen, 14 January 2021: https://reliefweb.int/node/3704280
Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator – Statement on the attack at Aden airport (30 December 2020): https://reliefweb.int/node/3701147
Secretary-General condemns deadly attack on Yemen airport after Cabinet’s arrival (SG/SM/20519, 30 December 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20519.doc.htm
Secretary-General urges Stockholm Agreement Parties to uphold accord amid famine-like conditions in Yemen (SG/SM/20502, 14 December 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20502.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Remarks at UK/Sweden event – Panel discussion on Yemen, 10 December 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3696109
Note to correspondents – in response to questions on Yemen and Saudi Arabia (23 November 2020): https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/note-correspondents/2020-11-23/note-correspondents-%E2%80%93-response-questions-yemen-and-saudi-arabia
Warning Yemen in ‘imminent danger’ of worst famine world has seen for decades, Secretary-General urges immediate action to avert catastrophe (SG/SM/20432, 20 November 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20432.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 11 November 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3687189
Welcoming further release of detainees in Yemen, Secretary-General says prisoner exchange is proof breakthrough can be achieved through dialogue, compromise (SG/SM/20345, 16 October 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20345.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 15 October 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3679233
Secretary-General welcomes Yemen prisoner-release agreement, urges plans to free remaining detainees (SG/SM/20285, 27 September 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20285.doc.htm
With 1 in 4 civilians killed, injured at home, Secretary-General urges Yemen’s belligerents to end fighting, respect ‘milestone’ accords (SG/SM/20259, 17 September 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20259.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 15 September 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3670411
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, ad interim Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham: Briefing to the Security Council on Yemen, New York, 18 August 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3662835
Secretary-General urges unconditional access to oil tanker ‘Safer’ for mitigation of Environmental risks facing Yemen, wider region (SG/SM/20206, 14 August 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20206.doc.htm
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, ad interim Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham: Briefing to the Security Council on Yemen, New York, 18 August 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3662835
Yemen: Journalists under attack from all quarters, says Bachelet (6 August 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2020/08/yemen-journalists-under-attack-all-quarters-says-bachelet
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock: Briefing to the Security Council on Yemen, New York, 28 July 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3657115
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Briefing to the Security Council on the SAFER tanker in Yemen, New York, 15 July 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3653389
Briefing to the Security Council on the situation in Yemen – Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UN Environment Executive Director (15 July 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/speech/briefing-security-council-situation-yemen
Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 24 June 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3647272
Amid funding shortfall, life-saving aid operations for 24 million people in Yemen risk closing within weeks, Secretary-General warns at Pledging Conference (SG/SM/20103, 2 June 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20103.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Remarks at the opening of the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen (2 June 2020): https://reliefweb.int/node/3640339
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ad Interim, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen, 14 May 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3634754
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 16 April 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3606714
Secretary-General welcomes announcement of unilateral ceasefire in Yemen (SG/SM/20039, 8 April 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20039.doc.htm
Yemen / shelling of prison: comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (6 April 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2020/04/yemen-shelling-prison-comment-un-high-commissioner-human-rights-michelle
Secretary-General calls for urgent de-escalation in Yemen, efforts to combat possible COVID-19 outbreak (SG/SM/20020, 25 March 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sgsm20020.doc.htm
Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ad Interim, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen, 12 March 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3561633
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 18 February 2020: https://reliefweb.int/node/3528149
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: Statement on Yemen, 23 December 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3454328
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Ursulla Mueller – Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen, 22 November 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3407188
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 17 October 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3353428
Emergency Relief Coordinator Thanks Saudi Arabia for $500 Million for United Nations Agencies in Yemen, 25 September 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3321448
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, remarks at ‘The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen’ event at the 74th General Assembly of the United Nations, 25 September 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3321253
Concerned about coalition air strike in Yemen, Secretary-General urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint (SG/SM/19751, 20 September 2019): https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/sgsm19751.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 16 September 2019: https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/under-secretary-general-humanitarian-affairs-and-emergency-relief-coordinator-mark-21
Interactive dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on Yemen, Human Rights Council 42nd Session, Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 10 September 2019: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2019/09/interactive-dialogue-high-commissioners-report-yemen
Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller – Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 20 August 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3266768
Secretary-General deeply concerned about violent clashes in Yemen, urges parties to end hostilities, resolve differences through dialogue (SG/SM/19698, 9 August 2019): https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/sgsm19698.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 18 July 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3221138
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 17 June 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3174034
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 15 May 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3128073
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen – New York, 15 April 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3084613
Oral update on the situation of human rights in Yemen: Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, 40th session of the Human Rights Council, 20 March 2019: https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2019/03/oral-update-situation-human-rights-yemen
Secretary-General, at Yemen Pledging Conference, calls for $4 Billion to alleviate unprecedented suffering of millions, noting ‘signs of hope’ as ceasefire holds (SG/SM/19477-IHA/1463, 26 February 2019): https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/sgsm19477.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Remarks at the opening of the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen, Geneva, 26 February 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3011343
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 19 February 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/3001084
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Statement on the situation in Yemen, 7 February 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/2984778
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, New York, 9 January 2019: https://reliefweb.int/node/2943534
Swift Action Key to Implementing New Accords, Special Envoy for Yemen, Emergency Relief Coordinator Stress in Briefing Security Council (14 December 2018): https://reliefweb.int/node/2916623
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock, Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, New York, 14 December 2018: https://reliefweb.int/node/2916363
Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Yemen, Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, 14 December 2018: https://dpa.un.org/en/security-council-briefing-situation-yemen-special-envoy-martin-griffiths-0
You have nation’s future in your hands, Secretary-General tells Intra-Yemeni Talks, encouraging further gains on negotiation framework for peace process (SG/SM/19405, 13 December 2018): https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sgsm19405.doc.thm
Secretary-General welcomes launch of Intra-Yemeni Consultations in Sweden, urges parties to engage in good faith, without preconditions (SG/SM/19396, 6 December 2018): https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sgsm19396.doc.htm
“Yemen is on the brink of a major catastrophe, but it is not too late” – UN Humanitarian Chief (3 December 2018): https://www.unocha.org/story/yemen-brink-major-catastrophe-it-not-too-late-un-humanitarian-chief
Joint statement by Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director, on the Situation in Yemen (22 November 2018): https://reliefweb.int/node/288689
Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Yemen, Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, 16 November 2018: https://dpa.un.org/en/security-council-briefing-situation-yemen-special-envoy-martin-griffiths
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen (16 November 2018): https://reliefweb.int/node/2878933
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock’s Statement on Situation in Yemen (13 November 2018): https://reliefweb.int/node/2872983
Bachelet urges States with the power and influence to end starvation, killing of civilians in Yemen (10 November 2018): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2018/11/bachelet-urges-states-power-and-influence-end-starvation-killing-civilians
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock: Note on the humanitarian situation in Yemen (30 October 2018): https://reliefweb.int/node/2853948
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, Remarks to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen (23 October 2018): https://reliefweb.int/node/2843983
Briefing to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, 21 September 2018: https://reliefweb.int/node/2797909
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, Statement on the situation in Yemen, 24 August 2018: https://reliefweb.int/node/2757484
Condemning deadly coalition air strike on market, Secretary-General calls upon all parties in Yemen to respect obligations under international law (SG/SM/19161, 9 August 2018): https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sgsm19161.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, Remarks at ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment Side Event on Yemen (20 June 2018): https://reliefweb.int/node/2662634
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Statement on Yemen to the Media at the Security Council Stakeout on Yemen, 11 June 2018 (11 June 2018): https://reliefweb.int/node/2648179
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Statement on the situation in Yemen, 24 May 2018: https://reliefweb.int/node/2621209
Deeply concerned about sharp escalation in Yemen, Secretary-General reminds parties that only dialogue can end conflict, address humanitarian crisis (SG/SM/19025, 9 May 2018): https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sgsm19025.doc.htm
Secretary-General strongly condemns deadly air strikes on civilians in Yemen (SG/SM/19003, 23 April 2018): https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sgsm19003.doc.htm
On third anniversary of Yemen conflict, Secretary-General strongly condemns Houthi missile launch into Saudi Arabia, calls for restraint (SG/SM/18956, 26 March 2018): https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sgsm18956.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, Statement to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 17 April 2018: https://reliefweb.int/node/2562164
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Statement on Yemen, 12 February 2018: https://reliefweb.int/node/2461459
Yemen: Civilians at mercy of sniping, shelling and airstrikes – Zeid (12 February 2018): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2018/02/yemen-civilians-mercy-sniping-shelling-and-airstrikes-zeid
Addressing dire humanitarian crisis in Yemen, Secretary-General calls on all parties to cease hostilities, work for lasting political settlement (SG/SM/18869-IHA/1445, 25 January 2018): https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sgsm18869.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Statement on the situation in Yemen, 22 January 2018: https://reliefweb.int/node/2427354
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock – Statement on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, 5 January 2018: https://reliefweb.int/node/2403389
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock – Statement on Yemen, 24 December 2017: https://reliefweb.int/node/2391604
Escalating violence in Yemen ‘could not come at a worse time’ in world’s largest humanitarian crisis, Secretary-General says, calling for end to attacks (SG/SM/18807, 3 December 2017): http://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sgsm18807.doc.htm
United Nations leaders call on the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift blockade of Yemeni Red Sea ports (2 December 2017): https://bit.ly/2BhV9or
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock – Remarks at stakeout on developments in Yemen, 8 November 2017: https://reliefweb.int/node/2316539
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Briefing to member states on Yemen, 6 November 2017: https://bit.ly/2AlokDz
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Remarks at the High-Level meeting to enhance humanitarian response in Yemen, 29 October 2017: https://bit.ly/2z8zXzG
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock – Statement to the media in Yemen, 24 October 2017: https://bit.ly/2ARk7IF
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr. Mark Lowcock Remarks at High-Level Event on Yemen in the margins of the UN General Assembly (22 September 2017): https://bit.ly/2hJ0o8D
Statement by Adama Dieng, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide and Ivan Šimonović, Special Adviser on the Responsibility to Protect, on the situation in Yemen (20 September 2017): https://bit.ly/2xXyg7G
Yemen: An “entirely man-made catastrophe” – UN human rights report urges international investigation (5 September 2017): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2017/09/yemen-entirely-man-made-catastrophe-un-human-rights-report-urges
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement to Security Council Arria-formula Meeting on Yemen, 21 August 2017: https://bit.ly/2wkmtA9
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen, 19 August 2017: https://bit.ly/2wuJyQU
12 July 2017, Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Yemen, Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed: http://www.un.org/undpa/en/speeches-statements/12072017/yemen
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen, 12 July 2017: https://bit.ly/2tMpFCi
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement on Yemen, 24 June 2017: https://bit.ly/2tigAOp
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen, 30 May 2017: https://bit.ly/2sx8dl8
Hailing pledging conference as ‘a remarkable success’, Secretary-General calls for unhindered movement of humanitarian aid to reach Yemeni people in need (SG/SM/18500-IHA/1428, 25 April 2017): http://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sgsm18500.doc.htm
‘Man-made crisis’ has robbed millions of hope, dignity, Secretary-General tells Yemen Pledging Conference, stressing urgent need for support (SG/SM/18499-IHA/1427, 25 April 2017): http://www.un.org/press/en/2017/sgsm18499.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Remarks at High-level Pledging Event for the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, 25 April 2017: https://bit.ly/2taaaSp
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement on Yemen, 26 March 2017: https://bit.ly/2nWstYY
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement to the Security Council, 10 March 2017: https://bit.ly/2o8UiPZ
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Remarks to the media, Sana’a, Yemen, 2 March 2017: https://bit.ly/2o8FFfO
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Remarks to the media, Aden, Yemen, 27 February 2017: https://bit.ly/2oHpkMQ
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Remarks at the launch of the 2017 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan, 8 February 2016: https://bit.ly/2j2xaih
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen, 26 January 2017: https://bit.ly/2kqkGQJ
31 October 2016, Security Council Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed: http://www.un.org/undpa/en/speeches-statements/31102016/Middle-East
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen, 31 October 2016: https://bit.ly/2lnShik
Outrageous attack on funeral makes international investigation into Yemen even more vital – Zeid (10 October 2016): https://www.ohchr.org/en/2016/10/outrageous-attack-funeral-makes-international-investigation-yemen-even-more-vital-zeid
Condemning deadly air strike on civilian funeral in Yemen, Secretary-General calls for impartial investigation to ensure perpetrators face justice (SG/SM/18190, 8 October 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm18190.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement on Yemen, 8 October 2016: https://bit.ly/2luv0Iw
Secretary-General condemns deadly air strikes by Saudi Arabia-Led Coalition on Red Sea Port City of Hudaydah, Yemen (SG/SM/18131, 22 September 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm18131.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Remarks at High-Level Event on the Humanitarian situation in Yemen, 21 September 2016: https://bit.ly/2kqsxOb
Zeid urges accountability for violations in Yemen (25 August 2016): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2016/08/zeid-urges-accountability-violations-yemen
Alarmed by escalation of airstrikes in Yemen, Secretary-General calls on all parties to cease hostilities, resume direct talks (SG/SM/17988, 17 August 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17988.doc.htm
Secretary-General condemns deadly air strike on Yemen school, reiterates there is no military solution to crisis (SG/SM/17979, 14 August 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17979.doc.htm
2 August 2016, Statement of the Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed: http://www.un.org/undpa/en/speeches-statements/12082016/yemen
Time not on side of Yemen’s people, Secretary-General warns, urging delegations at peace talks to end conflict through ‘patient search for compromise’ (SG/SM/17883, 26 June 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17883.doc.htm
21 June 2016, Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Yemen, Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed: http://www.un.org/undpa/en/speeches-statements/21062016/yemen
Alarmed by civilian casualties, Secretary-General accepts proposed joint review of Yemeni cases cited in annual report on children and armed conflict (SG/SM/17824, 6 June 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17824.doc.htm
Condemning targeted attacks on Civilians in Yemen, Secretary-General calls for independent investigation to hold perpetrators accountable (SG/SM/17818, 4 June 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17818.doc.htm
Secretary-General welcomes new United Nations Verification Mechanism in Djibouti to facilitate flow of goods, services into Yemen (SG/SM/17730, 3 May 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17730.doc.htm
Secretary-General urges parties to engage in good faith with United Nations Special Envoy towards resumption of Yemen Peace Talks (SG/SM/17687, 19 April 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17687.doc.htm
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kyung-Wha Kang – Statement to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen (New York, 15 April 2016): https://bit.ly/2kqnz40
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement on Yemen (24 March 2016): https://bit.ly/2k6PtpT
Zeid condemns repeated killing of civilians in Yemen airstrikes (18 March 2016): http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17251
Condemning attack on Yemen market, Secretary-General calls air strike one of deadliest incidents since conflict started (SG/SM/17599, 16 March 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17599.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen (3 March 2016): https://bit.ly/2luGzQ0
Secretary-General condemns apparent air strike on Yemen Market, calling for prompt investigation into deadly attack (SG/SM/17566, 28 February 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm17566.doc.htm
17 February 2016, Security Council briefing on the situation in Yemen, Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed: http://www.un.org/undpa/speeches-statements/17022016/yemen
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen (16 February 2016): https://bit.ly/2kSyAyt
Welcoming release of Saudi citizens, Secretary-General urges all Yemeni parties, regional states commit to permanent ceasefire (SG/SM/17462, 14 January 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17462.doc.htm
Condemning deadly attack on Yemen Hospital, Secretary-General calls upon parties to end hostilities, resolve differences through talks (SG/SM/17448, 10 January 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17448.doc.htm
Deeply concerned by intensified air strikes, ground fighting in Yemen, Secretary-General urges new round of peace talks (SG/SM/17447, 8 January 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17447.doc.htm
Zeid urges Yemen to reverse decision to expel top UN human rights official (8 January 2016): http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=16932
Secretary-General condemns Government of Yemen for expelling United Nations Human Rights Representative, says move could impede return to stability (SG/SM/17445-HR/5287, 7 January 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm17445.doc.htm
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Kyung-wha Kang, Statement to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen, New York, 22 December 2015: https://bit.ly/2kqp8z9
Welcoming start of Yemen Peace Talks, Secretary-General says peaceful, inclusive dialogue only way to end suffering, rebuild confidence (SG/SM/17418, 15 December 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm17418.doc.htm
Condemning airstrikes on health clinic in Yemen, Secretary-General reminds parties of legal obligations to prevent attacks against civilian infrastructure (SG/SM/17384, 2 December 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm17384.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Statement on Yemen, 24 November 2015: https://bit.ly/2k7waaQ
Condemning airstrikes on Yemen, Secretary-General reminds all parties of necessity to respect international human rights law (SG/SM/17273, 27 October 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm17273.doc.htm
23 October 2015, Security Council briefing on the situation in Yemen, Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed: http://www.un.org/undpa/speeches-statements/23102015/yemen
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien – Statement on Yemen, 8 October 2015: https://bit.ly/2lnTOFl
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien – Remarks to Side Event on the margins of the General Assembly “Solutions to the Conflict in Yemen” (New York, 1 October 2015): https://bit.ly/2kWZO6Q
Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen are ‘Our Common Concern’, Secretary-General tells Security Council, urges collective efforts to fight terrorism (SG/SM/17159-SC/12065, 30 September 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm17159.doc.htm
Secretary-General condemns deadly air strikes on Yemeni wedding party, urges parties to resolve differences through peaceful negotiations (SG/SM/17143, 29 September 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm17143.doc.htm
Condemning terrorist attack during prayers at Yemeni mosque, Secretary-General calls for full investigation, holding perpetrators to account (SG/SM/17102, 24 September 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm17102.doc.htm
Concerned by escalating fighting in Yemen, Secretary-General reminds parties of obligation to take all feasible precautions to avoid loss of life (SG/SM/17092, 22 September 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm17092.doc.htm
International push needed to encourage parties to Yemeni conflict to end violations against children, Leila Zerrougui urges (20 September 2015): https://bit.ly/2luHkZf
Secretary-General condemns suicide attack on Mosque in Sana’a, Yemen (SG/SM/17048, 4 September 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm17048.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen (New York, 19 August 2015): https://bit.ly/2kLNvrY
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien – Remarks to the Press (12 August 2015, Aden, Yemen): https://bit.ly/2lrUFAS
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien – Statement to the Security Council on Yemen (28 July 2015): https://bit.ly/2kqjSLS
Secretary-General welcomes pause in fighting in Yemen, urging all parties to facilitate delivery of humanitarian aid (SG/SM/16965, 26 July 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16965.doc.htm
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien – Statement on Yemen (15 July 2015): http://is.gd/g9ljn0
Secretary-General, encouraged by Yemeni parties’ acceptance of humanitarian pause starting Friday, urges unimpeded aid delivery to all vulnerable people (SG/SM/16926, 9 July 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16926.doc.htm
UN Humanitarian Chief Stephen O’Brien appalled by continuing disregard for human life in Yemen: calls for immediate & unimpeded humanitarian access (New York, 7 July 2015): https://bit.ly/2k7xLxm
Secretary-General calls for immediate humanitarian halt to fighting in Yemen (SG/SM/16901, 1 July 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16901.doc.htm
Secretary-General, deploring coalition airstrikes on united nations compound in Aden, Yemen, says event underscores imperative to resume negotiations (SG/SM/16889, 29 June 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16889.doc.htm
Under Secretary-General Stephen O’Brien – Remarks to the press on Yemen (Berlin/New York, 25 June 2015): https://bit.ly/2kqoBgt
Statement attributable to Julien Harneis, UNICEF Representative in Yemen (Sana’a, Yemen, 16 June 2015): http://www.unicef.org/media/media_82280.html
Secretary-General’s Remarks to the Press on Yemen (Geneva, Switzerland, 15 June 2015): http://www.un.org/sg/offthecuff/index.asp?nid=3989
Secretary-General welcomes positive responses to Yemen consultations, urges parties to engage in good faith (SG/SM/16825, 6 June 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16825.doc.htm
Readout of the Secretary-General’s phone call with H.E. Mr. Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, the President of Yemen (Brussels, Belgium, 27 May 2015): http://www.un.org/sg/offthecuff/index.asp?nid=3969
Secretary-General, disappointed over delay in Yemen consultations, stresses need for earliest return to political process to stem suffering (SG/SM/16794, 26 May 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16794.doc.htm
Secretary-General announces consultation initiative on resuming Yemen transition (SG/SM/16769, 20 May 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16769.doc.htm
Secretary-General, in Message to Yemen Conference, says pause in violence must evolve into ‘permanent ceasefire’, calls for renewed commitment to peace (SG/SM/16756, 17 May 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16756.doc.htm
Emergency Relief Coordinator’s Key Messages on Yemen, 14 May 2015: https://bit.ly/2lnXTta
Statement of the Special Envoy at the conclusion of his visit to Yemen (Sana’a, Yemen, 14 May 2015): http://www.un.org/sg/offthecuff/index.asp?nid=3950
Statement by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen on humanitarian truce (Sana’a, Yemen, 13 May 2015): http://www.un.org/sg/offthecuff/index.asp?nid=3949
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos, Statement on the humanitarian pause in Yemen (New York, 12 May 2015): https://bit.ly/2lrSk8O
Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos, Statement on Yemen (New York, 11 May 2015): https://bit.ly/2k6Ssym
Secretary-General gravely concerned by continued fighting in Yemen, urges parties to protect civilians, ensure access for aid delivery (SG/SM/16725-IHA/1367, 30 April 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16725.doc.htm
Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Johannes van der Klaauw Statement on the Situation in Yemen, 23 April 2015: http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/humanitarian-coordinator-yemen-johannes-van-der-klaauw-statement-situation-yemen-23
27 April 2015, Statement at the Security Council briefing after closed consultations on the situation in Yemen, Special Adviser Jamal Benomar: http://www.un.org/undpa/speeches-statements/27042015/Yemen
Yemen: Zeid calls for investigations into civilian casualties (14 April 2015): http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=15836
Statement by Adama Dieng, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, and Jennifer Welsh, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect, on the situation in Yemen (9 April 2015): https://bit.ly/2EDqAvj
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos: Statement on Yemen (2 April 2015): http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/under-secretary-general-humanitarian-affairs-and-emergency-relief-coordinator-valerie
Secretary-General, concerned over reported civilian casualties in Yemen, recalls humanitarian law principles of ‘proportionality, distinction, precaution’ (SG/SM/16635, 31 March 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16635.doc.htm
Zeid warns of total collapse in Yemen, calls for urgent protection of civilians (31 March 2015): http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=15776
Noting Saudi Arabia has begun military operations in Yemen, Secretary-general says negotiations remain only option for resolving Yemeni crisis (SG/SM/16621, 26 March 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16621.doc.htm
Statement of the Yemen Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Johannes van Der Klaauw (26 March 2015): http://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/statement-yemen-humanitarian-coordinator-mr-johannes-van-der-klaauw
Secretary-General strongly condemns deadly terrorist attacks at Yemen Mosques, urging all Yemeni sides to resolve differences peacefully (SG/SM/16606, 20 March 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16606.doc.htm
‘Yemen is collapsing before our eyes’, Secretary-General tells Security Council, calling for international support to help re-establish legitimate government (SG/SM/16526-SC/11778, 12 February 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16526.doc.htm
12 February 2015, Security Council briefing on the situation in Yemen, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Jamal Benomar: http://www.un.org/undpa/node/183382
Secretary-General, welcoming resumption of UN-Facilitated Talks in Yemen, reiterates commitment to help Yemenis overcome political impasse (SG/SM/16519, 8 February 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16519.doc.htm
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Yemen (New York, 8 February 2015): http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=8386
Note to Correspondents – Statement by Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Yemen (Sana’a, Yemen, 27 January 2015): http://www.un.org/sg/offthecuff/index.asp?nid=3814
Concerned by developments in Yemen following resignation of top leadership, Secretary-General calls on all sides to exercise maximum restraint (SG/SM/16480, 22 January 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16480.doc.htm
Concerned by deteriorating security situation in Yemen, Secretary-General calls on all sides to restore authority to legitimate institutions (SG/SM/16472, 20 January 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16472.doc.htm
Repeated attacks on civilians in Yemen taking terrible toll – Zeid (9 January 2015): http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=15471
Secretary-General condemns attack against Police Academy in Yemen (SG/SM/16447, 7 January 2015): http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sgsm16447.doc.htm
Secretary-General strongly condemns pattern of attacks — this week alone in Nigeria, Yemen, Pakistan — by militant groups, terrorists (SG/SM/16435, 19 December 2014): http://www.un.org/press/en/2014/sgsm16435.doc.htm
Secretary-General strongly condemns deadly bomb attacks in Yemen (SG/SM/16431, 17 December 2014): http://www.un.org/press/en/2014/sgsm16431.doc.htm
Secretary-General welcomes announcement on Yemen’s new peace and national partnership government as positive step in ‘uncertain and fragile’ time (SG/SM/16321, 7 November 2014): http://www.un.org/press/en/2014/sgsm16321.doc.htm
Secretary-General’s message to Friends of Yemen Ministerial Meeting [delivered by Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs] (24 September 2014): http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=8038
Secretary-General welcomes signing of peace, national partnership agreement in Yemen, expects its implementation without delay (SG/SM/16168, 21 September 2014): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sgsm16168.doc.htm
Pillay condemns attacks on civilians by Yemen’s armed forces; calls for humanitarian access in Al Dhale Governorate (26 February 2014): http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14283
Secretary-General hails Yemen’s Conclusion of National Dialogue Conference as major step forward in transition (SG/SM/15603, 22 January 2014): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2014/sgsm15603.doc.htm
Secretary-General welcomes accord on future status of Southern Yemen, saying it paves way for new federal state structure (SG/SM/15556, 24 December 2013): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2013/sgsm15556.doc.htm
Secretary-General, welcoming Security Council’s Statement on Yemen, urges all sides to refrain from obstructing transition process (SG/SM/15505, 29 November 2013): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2013/sgsm15505.doc.htm
Secretary-General, welcoming launch of Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference, pledges continuing United Nations engagement with all sides (SG/SM/14881, 18 March 2013): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/sgsm14881.doc.htm
Secretary-General, marking Yemen Peace Accord’s first anniversary, underlines need for inclusion of entire society in transition to democracy (SG/SM/14655, 19 November 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2012/sgsm14655.doc.htm
Reverberations of Yemen’s transition felt beyond its borders, Secretary-General tells ministers, pledging United Nations assistance to protect fragile gains (SG/SM/14544, 27 September 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2012/sgsm14544.doc.htm
OCHA Interview with the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (27 September): http://www.unocha.org/top-stories/all-stories/interview-yemen
Secretary-General welcomes official launch of preparatory process for Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference (SG/SM/14414, 16 July 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2012/sgsm14414.doc.htm
Secretary-General condemns deadly terrorist attack in Yemen, says perpetrators must be held accountable (SG/SM/14299, 21 May 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2012/sgsm14299.doc.htm
Secretary-General condemns in strongest terms recent terrorist attacks in Yemen (SG/SM/14147, 7 March 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sgsm14147.doc.htm
Secretary-General congratulates Yemeni people on presidential election, deplores acts of violence in some southern areas (SG/SM/14119, 22 February 2012): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2012/sgsm14119.doc.htm
Secretary-General Hails formation of Yemen’s National Unity Government as ‘important milestone’ (SG/SM/14012, 12 December 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/sgsm14012.doc.htm
Secretary-General welcomes signing of Political Settlement Agreement on Yemen; says important step in moving country forward towards better future (SG/SM/13967, 23 November 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/sgsm13967.doc.htm
Pillay says Yemen situation “dangerous,” urges all parties to halt abuses (Press Release, 22 September 2011): http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=11413
Secretary-General, gravely concerned about escalating Yemen violence, strongly condemns excessive use of force against protestors (SG/SM/13808, 19 September 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm13808.doc.htm
Gravely concerned about reported excessive use of force by Yemeni security forces against demonstrators, Secretary-General urges immediate ceasefire (SG/SM/13605, 31 May 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm13605.doc.htm
Pillay condemns “reprehensible” violence against civilians in Taiz, Yemen (Press Release, 31 May 2011): http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=11084
Secretary-General, deeply troubled, calls for immediate end to Yemen fighting (SG/SM/13598, 25 May 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm13598.doc.htm
Concerned by violent clashes in Yemen, Secretary-General reiterates call on authorities to uphold responsibility to protect civilians (SG/SM/13530, 28 April 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm13530.doc.htm
Secretary-General condemns use of live ammunition against demonstrators by Yemeni security forces, reminds government of obligation to protect civilians (SG/SM/13457, 18 March 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm13457.doc.htm
Condemning excessive use of force as situation in Yemen deteriorates, Secretary-General calls for probe into extrajudicial killing claims (SG/SM/13443, 14 March 2011): http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sgsm13443.doc.htm

Selected UN Documents

UN Member States on the Record: Yemen
https://www.un.org/en/library/unms
United Nations Member States on the Record provides access to selected documents reflecting the views of United Nations Member States.

Further Information

Cutting-Edge Tech in the Service of Inclusive Peace in Yemen (DPPA Politically Speaking, 30 July 2020): https://dppa-ps.atavist.com/cutting-edge-tech-in-the-service-of-inclusive-peace-in-yemen
Inclusion is Not Altruism. It’s Self-Interest and It’s Fundamental – Interview with Martin Griffiths, UN Special Envoy for Yemen (Politically Speaking, 13 December 2019): https://dppa-ps.atavist.com/inclusion-is-not-altruism-its-self-interest-and-its-fundamental-
The Secret of Yemen’s War? We Can End It And we must, before it blows up the rest of the Middle East / By Martin Griffiths (Op-ed, New York Times, 16 September 2019): https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/opinion/yemen-war.html
Inclusion is Not Altruism. It’s Self-Interest and It’s Fundamental: Interview with Martin Griffiths, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths (Politically Speaking, December 2019): https://dppa-ps.atavist.com/inclusion-is-not-altruism-its-self-interest-and-its-fundamental-
Yemen: Ahead of 28 May consultations, UN envoy meets political leaders in the region (Politically speaking, 22 May 2015):
http://un-dppa.tumblr.com/post/119605368359/yemen-ahead-of-28-may-consultations-un-envoy

Non-UN Sources

Security Council Report – Yemen:
http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/yemen/
The New Humanitarian (formerly “IRIN News”) – Yemen: http://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/middle-east-and-north-africa/yemen

Red Sea Attacks

International Maritime Organization (IMO) – Conflict-related attacks in the Red Sea area: https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/HotTopics/Pages/Red-Sea.aspx
International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Red Sea | 16 December 2023 — Ongoing: https://portwatch.imf.org/pages/573013af3b6545deaeb50ed1cbaf9444
Statement by IMO Secretary-General on the MV Sounion (28 August 2024): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/Pages/WhatsNew-2126.aspx
S/2024/605 (12 August 2024): Letter dated 9 August 2024 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council: https://undocs.org/S/2024/605
Transmits, pursuant to Security Council resolutions 2722 (2024) and 2739 (2024), report on Houthi attacks on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea covering the period from 10 Jan.-8 Aug. 2024, based on information provided by IMO.
- Previous reports: https://tinyurl.com/2eunfvn9
Adopting Resolution 2739 (2024) on Yemen, Security Council demands Houthis immediately cease all attacks against merchant, commercial vessels (SC/15750, 27 June 2024): https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15750.doc.htm
- S/RES/2739 (2024): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2739(2024)
Statement on the attack on merchant vessel TUTOR (14 June 2024): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/pages/merchant-vessel-TUTOR.aspxiom.int
IMO condemns “illegal, unjustifiable” attacks on ships in Red Sea (24 May 2024): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/pages/IMO-MSC-resolution-Red-Sea.aspx
Dire Strait: The Far-Reaching Impact of the Red Sea Shipping Crisis (World Bank, MENA FCV Economic Series Brief No. 1, May 2024): https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/dc474845-97ee-4cf8-b163-351a661ba7f1
Red Sea shipping disruptions likely to exacerbate the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen – new FAO report warns (25 March 2024): https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/red-sea-shipping-disruptions-likely-to-exacerbate-the-dire-humanitarian-situation-in-yemen—new-fao-report-warns/en
Security Council Press Statement on Situation in Red Sea and Baab al-Mandab (SC/15631, 18 March 2024): https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15631.doc.htm
Concentric circles of escalation, risky military adventurism in Red Sea could spark new war cycle in Yemen, Special Envoy warns, urging maximum restraint (SC/15625, 14 March 2024): https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15625.doc.htm
Red Sea attacks disrupt global trade (IMF Blog, 7 March 2024): https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2024/03/07/Red-Sea-Attacks-Disrupt-Global-Trade
Statement on the attack on True Confidence bulk carrier (IMO, 6 March 2024): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/SecretaryGeneral/Pages/Statement-on-True-Confidence.aspx
Potential Impacts of Red Sea Crisis Escalation on Food Insecurity in Yemen – FAO Special Technical Paper, Issued 28th February 2024: https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/special-technical-paper-potential-impacts-red-sea-crisis-escalation-food-insecurity-yemen-issued-28th-february-2024
Navigating Troubled Waters: The Impact to Global Trade of Disruption of Shipping Routes in the Red Sea, The Black Sea and the Panama Canal (UNCTAD, 22 February 2024): https://bit.ly/unctad-troubled-waters
Red Sea, Black Sea and Panama Canal: UNCTAD raises alarm on global trade disruptions (26 January 2024): https://unctad.org/news/red-sea-black-sea-and-panama-canal-unctad-raises-alarm-global-trade-disruptions
The Red Sea shipping crisis is having a ‘dramatic’ impact, warns logistics chief (UN News, 25 January 2024): https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/01/1145902
Surge in wheat shipments bypassing Suez Canal, WTO Wheat Dashboard finds (19 January 2024): https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news24_e/agri_19jan24_e.htm
Seafarer safety comes first in Red Sea (18 January 2024): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/Pages/WhatsNew-2028.aspx
IMO Statement on the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2722 (2024) on Red Sea (11 January 2024): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/Pages/WhatsNew-2024.aspx
Adopting Resolution 2722 (2024) Security Council demands Houthis immediately stop attacks on merchant, commercial vessels in Red Sea (SC/15561, 10 January 2024): https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15561.doc.htm
- S/RES/2722(2024): https://undocs.org/S/RES/2722(2024)
IMO Secretary-General condemns attacks against international shipping (4 January 2024): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/Pages/WhatsNew-2023.aspx
Red Sea emergency hits consumers worldwide: UNCTAD (UN News Interview, 4 January 2024): https://news.un.org/en/audio/2024/01/1145287
Alarmed by attacks on ships in Red Sea, Top UN Officials urge protection of global supply chains, avoiding deeper regional tensions, in Security Council Briefing (SC/15552, 3 January 2024): https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15552.doc.htm
Briefing Council, ASG Khiari underscores UN warning against “adverse political, security, economic and humanitarian repercussions of military escalation in the Red Sea” (3 January 2023): https://dppa.un.org/en/mtg-sc-9525-asg-khiari-redsea-3-jan-2023
IMO Secretary General statement on attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea area (19 December 2023): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/SecretaryGeneral/Pages/Red-Sea-Statement-19-December-2023.aspx
Threats made to commercial shipping in the Red Sea – Statement by IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim (12 December 2023): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/SecretaryGeneral/Pages/Threats-made-to-commercial-shipping-in-the-Red-Sea.aspx
Security Council Press Statement on Houthi Threats to Security at Sea (SC/15513, 1 December 2023): https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15513.doc.htm

FSO Safer Oil Tanker

UN Plan for the FSO Safer Tanker – Stop the Red Sea Catastrophe
https://www.un.org/en/StopRedSeaSpill/
- Yemen oil tanker: ‘Pivotal chapter’ concludes but important work remains (UN News, 28 August 2023): https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1140162
- Yemen: UN concludes removal of one million barrels of oil from decaying tanker (UN News, 11 August 2023): https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139687
- The UN’s milestone operation to salvage Yemen’s stricken oil tanker: Key questions answered (UN News, 26 July 2023): https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1139112
- How the UN ended up rescuing a stranded vessel in the Red Sea (UN News, 26 July 2023): https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/07/1139112
- Note to Correspondents: United Nations takes major step forward to prevent catastrophic oil spill in Red Sea as UN Development Programme signs Agreement to purchase oil tanker, 9 March 2023: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/note-correspondents/2023-03-09/note-correspondents%C2%A0-united-nations-takes-major-step-forward-prevent-catastrophic-oil-spill-red-sea-un-development-programme-signs-agreement-purchase-oil
- Yemen: Marking ‘significant milestone’, UN says stricken tanker salvage operation can begin (21 September 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1127331
- Yemen: UN launches crowdfunding campaign to head off decaying oil tanker threat (13 June 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1120302
UN Development Programme (UNDP) – Race against Time – Stop Red Sea Oil Spill
https://www.undp.org/safer
- UN prevents catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea, critical work continues (Explainer, 28 August 2023): https://www.undp.org/publications/un-prevents-catastrophic-oil-spill-red-sea-critical-work-continues
- All hands on deck: UN averts massive Red Sea oil spill (11 August 2023): https://stories.undp.org/all-hands-on-deck
- United Nations completes removal of oil from decaying tanker in Red Sea (11 August 2023): https://www.undp.org/press-releases/united-nations-completes-removal-oil-decaying-tanker-red-sea
- United Nations starts removal of oil from decaying tanker in Red Sea (25 July 2023): https://www.undp.org/press-releases/united-nations-starts-removal-oil-decaying-tanker-red-sea
- United Nations Development Programme insures the FSO Safer operation, safeguarding against potential catastrophic environmental and humanitarian disaster (12 June 2023): https://www.undp.org/press-releases/united-nations-development-programme-insures-fso-safer-operation-safeguarding-against-potential-catastrophic-environmental-and
- Securing the Safer (31 May 2023): A race against time for the people of Yemen and the Red Sea: https://stories.undp.org/securing-the-safer
- UN Operation underway to prevent catastrophic oil spill in Red Sea (30 May 2023): https://www.undp.org/press-releases/un-operation-underway-prevent-catastrophic-oil-spill-red-sea
- Additional funds announced at Pledging Conference for United Nations Operation to Avert Red Sea Oil Spill (4 May 2023): https://www.undp.org/press-releases/additional-funds-announced-pledging-conference-united-nations-operation-avert-red-sea-oil-spill
- United Nations takes next major step to prevent catastrophic oil spill in Red Sea (20 April 2023): https://www.undp.org/press-releases/united-nations-takes-next-major-step-prevent-catastrophic-oil-spill-red-sea
  The UN Development Programme has contracted the Boskalis subsidiary SMIT Salvage to transfer 1 million barrels of oil off a decaying tanker. The team’s vessel Ndeavor sets sail to the Red Sea on 20 April. Funding is urgently required.
- Tanker sets sail on United Nations Mission to prevent catastrophic oil spill in Red Sea (6 April 2023): https://www.undp.org/press-releases/tanker-sets-sail-united-nations-mission-prevent-catastrophic-oil-spill-red-sea
- United Nations takes major step forward to prevent catastrophic oil spill in Red Sea as UN Development Programme (UNDP) signs agreement to purchase oil tanker (9 March 2023): https://www.undp.org/yemen/press-releases/united-nations-takes-major-step-forward-prevent-catastrophic-oil-spill-red-sea-un-development-programme-undp-signs-agreement
FSO Safer Pledging Conference, 11 May 2022 – World must act now to prevent catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea
https://www.ye.undp.org/content/yemen/en/home/PSO/fso.html
- Yemen: $33 million pledged to address decaying oil tanker threat (UN News, 11 May 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/05/1117982
- Pledging event raises $33 million to address threat of massive oil spill in Red Sea (11 May 2022): https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/pledging-event-raises-33-million-address-threat-massive-oil-spill-red-sea-enar
- Funds needed to implement United Nations plan for preventing potential oil-spill disaster, Secretary-General tells Pledging Event on FSO ‘Safer’ (SG/SM/21267, 11 May 2022): https://www.un.org/press/en/2022/sgsm21267.doc.htm
- UN unveils plan to prevent stricken oil tanker disaster off Yemen coast (UN News, 8 April 2022): https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1115932
- FSO Safer: Operational Plan (April 2022) https://bit.ly/3zjIXRM
International Maritime Organization (IMO) – FSO SAFER oil spill risk
https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/HotTopics/Pages/FSO-SAFER-oil-spill-risk.aspx
- FSO Safer: Ship-to-ship transfer of oil underway (26 July 2023): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/HotTopics/Pages/FSO-SAFER-oil-spill-risk.aspx
- FSO SAFER: Urgent call for equipment for oil spill contingency plan (24 April 2023): https://imo.org/en/MediaCentre/Pages/WhatsNew-1871.aspx
- IMO Secretary-General urges support for FSO Safer plan (23 May 2022)
  https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/PressBriefings/pages/FSO-Safer-plan-.aspx
- FSO SAFER – Contingency Planning Workshops in Yemen (25 March 2022): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/Pages/WhatsNew-1699.aspx
- FSO SAFER – Contingency Planning Workshops in Yemen (25 February 2022): https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/Pages/WhatsNew-1682.aspx
- IMO assists efforts to prevent an oil spill from FSO Safer (14 August 2020): http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/WhatsNew/Pages/default.aspx
Note to Correspondents: Update on preparations of the UN technical mission to the SAFER oil tanker (2 February 2021): https://bit.ly/3aReaOD
- Updated information – 7 February 2022: https://www.un.org/press/en/2022/db220207.doc.htm
- Updated information – 7 March 2022: https://www.un.org/press/en/2022/db220307.doc.htm
Questions and answers about the UN misto the SAFER oil tanker in Yemen
(UN News, 30 December 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1081162
UN experts: technical team must be allowed to avert oil spill disaster threatening Yemen
(12 November 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26498
Guterres ‘deeply concerned’ over environmental threat posed by stricken oil tanker
off Yemen coast (UN News, 14 August 2020):
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/08/1070272
Without access to stricken oil tanker off Yemen, Under-Secretary-General, briefing Security Council, warns of environmental, economic, humanitarian catastrophe
(SC/14254, 15 July 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sc14254.doc.htm

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