The situation in the Middle East - Security Council, 9996th meeting

‘Yemen both a mirror, magnifier of region’s volatility’, warns Special Envoy, in briefing to Security Council.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 01:19:55
• Production Date: 15 September 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: HANS GRUNDBERG; THOMAS FLETCHER
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: MIDDLE EAST SITUATION; UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL; HOSTILITY; DIALOGUE; HUNGER; DETAINED PERSONS; EMERGENCY RELIEF; YEMEN SITUATION
• Geographic Subject: MIDDLE EAST; YEMEN
• MAMS Id: 3447450
• Parent Id: 3446865
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 9996 MIDDLE EAST 15 SEP 2025 AM

Description

The Security Council today condemned the arbitrary detention of United Nations personnel as envoys warned that Yemen’s conflict — exacerbated by regional hostilities, food insecurity and attacks on aid workers — demands urgent dialogue and a renewed focus on a Yemeni-led peace process.

“Stability in Yemen cannot be separated from the wider dynamics of the region”, Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen told the 15-member organ.

Yemen’s unresolved conflict is “like a fault line, sending tremors across its borders”, amplifying rivalries, while “regional instability continues to return to Yemen, fueling its divisions”, he said. In short, “Yemen is both a mirror and a magnifier of the region’s volatility”, and without addressing both tracks “neither can advance in isolation”.

• Briefer: Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen
• Briefer: Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
• Statements: All Council members, with Somalia speaking on behalf of: Algeria, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Somalia
• Statement: Yemen

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