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STORY: UN / YEMEN DETAINED STAFF
TRT: 1:42
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS:NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 AUGUST 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
19 AUGUST 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The Secretary-General remains deeply concerned about the well-being of the United Nations personnel, members of civil society, national and international non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions and private sector entities arbitrarily detained by the Houthis for more than two months and demands their immediate and unconditional release. He also strongly condemns the recent forced entry by the Houthis into the premises of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sana’a. We note that the Houthis handed the office back to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen today. The Secretary-General reiterates that those detained must be treated with full respect for their human rights, and that they must be able to contact their families and legal representatives.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General:
“The humanitarian and development situation in Yemen is dire, with over 18 million people suffering the consequences of food insecurity, epidemics, displacement, damaged infrastructure and critical economic conditions. The United Nations is working tirelessly to address the impact of the situation on the people of Yemen, but the safety of our personnel must be assured. The UN and its partners should never be targeted, should never be arrested or should never be detained while carrying out our mandates.”
6. Wide shot, press briefing room
The Secretary-General remains “deeply concerned” about the well-being of the United Nations personnel, members of civil society, national and international non-governmental organizations, diplomatic missions and private sector entities arbitrarily detained by the Houthis for more than two months and “demands their immediate and unconditional release,” a UN Spokesperson said.
Speaking to reporters today (19 Aug) in New York, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that the Secretary-General “strongly” condemned the recent forced entry by the Houthis into the premises of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Sana’a.
Dujarric said, “we note that the Houthis handed the office back to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen today.”
The Secretary-General reiterated that those detained “must be treated with full respect for their human rights, and that they must be able to contact their families and legal representatives,” the Spokesperson highlighted.
Dujarric also said,“The humanitarian and development situation in Yemen is dire, with over 18 million people suffering the consequences of food insecurity, epidemics, displacement, damaged infrastructure and critical economic conditions.”
“The United Nations is working tirelessly to address the impact of the situation on the people of Yemen, but the safety of our personnel must be assured,” he added.
The Spokesperson concluded that the UN and its partners “should never be targeted, should never be arrested or should never be detained while carrying out our mandates.”