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The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, today told the Security Council that despite some positive developments, hostilities continue in Yemen, and “announcements by Ansar Allah to expand the scope of attacks are a worrisome provocation in an already volatile situation.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / YEMEN POLITICAL HUMANITARIAN
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 13 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters

13 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council, Special Envoy Hans Grundberg on screen
3. Med shot, Yemeni Ambassador
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, United Nations:
“Although we have witnessed a reduction in attacks on commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean, as well as reduced numbers of US and UK airstrikes against land based targets within Yemen, hostilities continue. Announcements by Ansar Allah to expand the scope of attacks are a worrisome provocation in an already volatile situation.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, United Nations:
“Inside Yemen, the security situation along the front lines has remained contained in the past month. Still, I am concerned about the continuation of military activity in the form of shelling, sniper fire, intermittent fighting, drone attacks, and troop movements in Al Dhale, Hudaydah, Lahj, Ma’rib, Sa’adah, Shabwa and Ta’iz.”
7. Wide shot, Council, Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths on screen
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“The last seven months of misery and pain in the wider region – of course I am referring to the conflict in the Middle East in Gaza - have added to instability in Yemen. Attacks on vessels and around the Red Sea who disrupted global trade, but we cannot - we must not - let developments in the region of the Red Sea stand in the way of peace in Yemen. And that's why I know from right in the beginning of this particular crisis, Hans and his team were insistent on the need for protecting the gains that have been made and moving back towards that ceasefire.”
9. Wide shot, Yemeni Ambassador addressing Council
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdullah al-Saadi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Yemen:
“Unfortunately, the terrorist Houthi militias, instead of positively engaging in these efforts and the roadmap that was agreed upon thanks to the efforts of our brethren and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman. Those terrorist Houthi militias chose escalation, terrorism, piracy, and the targeting of international maritime navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. They chose to threaten targeting ships in the Mediterranean and to target oil facilities in Marib. This can undermine the peace efforts and increase the suffering of the Yemeni people.”
11. Wide shot, end of Council session

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The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, today (13 May) told the Security Council that despite some positive developments, hostilities continue in Yemen, and “announcements by Ansar Allah to expand the scope of attacks are a worrisome provocation in an already volatile situation.”

Addressing the Council via video teleconference from Aden, Grundberg said, “although we have witnessed a reduction in attacks on commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean, as well as reduced numbers of US and UK airstrikes against land based targets within Yemen, hostilities continue. Announcements by Ansar Allah to expand the scope of attacks are a worrisome provocation in an already volatile situation.”

The Special Envoy told the Council that inside Yemen, “the security situation along the front lines has remained contained in the past month,” but still, he expressed concern about “the continuation of military activity in the form of shelling, sniper fire, intermittent fighting, drone attacks, and troop movements in Al Dhale, Hudaydah, Lahj, Ma’rib, Sa’adah, Shabwa and Ta’iz.”

Grundberg described his three-pronged approach to the peace process in Yemen, including engagement with the parties to make progress on the UN Roadmap; exploring avenues for de-escalation and confidence building; as well as continuing preparations for a nationwide ceasefire and the resumption of an inclusive political process.

In his address to the Council, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths said, “the last seven months of misery and pain in the wider region – of course I am referring to the conflict in the Middle East in Gaza - have added to instability in Yemen. Attacks on vessels and around the Red Sea who disrupted global trade, but we cannot - we must not - let developments in the region of the Red Sea stand in the way of peace in Yemen.”

Griffiths told the Council that this was the reason why Special Envoy Grundberg and his team “were insistent on the need for protecting the gains that have been made and moving back towards that ceasefire.”

For his part, Yemeni Ambassador Abdullah al-Saadi said, “unfortunately the terrorist Houthi militias, instead of positively engaging in these efforts and the roadmap that was agreed upon thanks to the efforts of our brethren and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman.”

al-Saadi said Houthi militias “chose escalation, terrorism, piracy, and the targeting of international maritime navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden” and “chose to threaten targeting ships in the Mediterranean and to target oil facilities in Marib” which “can undermine the peace efforts and increase the suffering of the Yemeni people.”

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