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At a Security Council meeting, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, called on Ansar Allah “to immediately and unconditionally release all those detained. This includes United Nations personnel, members of civil society, staff of diplomatic missions, private sector employees, and individuals from minority religious communities.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / YEMEN
TRT: 06:16
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 12 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters

12 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“I reiterate the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ unequivocal demand for Ansar Allah to immediately and unconditionally release all those detained. This includes United Nations personnel, members of civil society, staff of diplomatic missions, private sector employees, and individuals from minority religious communities.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“Unfortunately, the ongoing war in Gaza, and the regional escalation associated with it, complicates my efforts. I echo Under Secretary General DiCarlo in her recent call for an immediate ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional release of all remaining hostages, and a massive scale up of humanitarian aid to Gaza, as the war continues to inflict unspeakable suffering on hundreds of thousands and has extended its destabilizing effects across the broader region. These destabilizing effects, Mr. President, have also affected Yemen negatively. Ansar Allah has continued attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, threatening regional stability and international maritime security.”
6. Med shot, Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi
7. Med shot, speakers at the dais
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“On the economic front, the understanding reached between the parties on the 23rd of July on economic de-escalation has staved off an acute crisis. Yet the status quo is untenable, and the economic situation of most Yemenis continues to decline. Adding to these challenges, the Yemeni people have been suffering from natural disasters that disproportionately affect the most vulnerable, regardless of their alignment in the conflict. The recent severe flooding in Hodeidah and Hajjah governorates is a tragic example of this, and I extend my deepest
condolences to the families who have lost loved ones in this disaster.”
9. Med shot, Linda Al Obahi
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“Mr. President, the humanitarian situation in Yemen is steadily deteriorating. 62 percent of surveyed households report they do not have enough food to eat. This is historically high. For the first time on record, three districts – two in Hodeidah and one in Taiz – are facing extremely critical levels of malnutrition – IPC Phase 5.”
11. Wide shot, Security Council
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“Yemen is also dealing with the effects of devastating rains, flooding and landslides, as well as an expanding cholera epidemic. Over half a million people have been affected by recent weather events. More than 270,000 have been displaced. The floods have contributed to the spread of cholera and acute watery diarrhea. There have been more than 180,000 suspected cases across the country since the outbreak began.”
13. Wide shot, Security Council
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Linda Al Obahi, Senior Political Affairs and Mediation Advisor, Peace Track Initiative:
“Women and girls are 49 percent of the 18.2 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, and face food insecurity, water shortages, disease, lack of access to basic life-saving services, such as health care and education, poverty and deprivation of economic opportunities, and systematic exclusion and suppression of their rights. 6.3 million Yemeni women and girls are at heightened risk of gender-based violence, including domestic and sexual violence, and many have been forced to resort to extreme coping mechanisms, including forced and early marriage, with over 30 percent of girls married by the age of eighteen.”
15. Wide shot, Security Council
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi, Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations:
“Houthi and militias are still beating the drums of war. They are evading the peace process. They are doing so, first, through military escalation at the Red Sea Bab El-Mandeb, their targeting of international maritime navigation, threatening international peace and security. They are doing so second, through military escalation, through their crimes and violations against Yemeni civilians, including the killings, displacement, blowing up houses in the different regions under their control, in an attempt to break the will of the Yemenis and subject them to their coup and to their extremist ideas. They are doing so third through their systematic economic war against the Yemeni government and the people of Yemen.”
17. Wide shot, Security Council
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi, Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations:
“Today there is an ambassador to the Houthi militias that was nominated in a blatant violation of international law and of the UN Charter and the Vienna Conventions on diplomatic relations. It is also a violation of resolution 2216. This regime, the Iranian regime, through this measure, is reiterating its support to the Houthi militias and its full sponsoring and responsibilities of the Houthi coup.”
19. Wide shot, Security Council
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi, Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations:
“This is a group that does not believe in peace and that does not care about the economic and the humanitarian situation in Yemen. The failure of international of the international community to deal with these serious threats calls today for reconsidering how to address the behavior of these militias and how to confront their destructive terrorist activities”
21. Wide shot, end of Council session

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Speaking at a Security Council meeting today (12 Sep) on the situation in Yemen, Hans Grundberg, the UN Special Envoy for that country reiterated the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ “unequivocal demand for Ansar Allah to immediately and unconditionally release all those detained.” He emphasized that this includes UN personnel, civil society members, and individuals from minority religious communities.

Grundberg voiced concerns over the increasing destabilization in the region, citing Ansar Allah’s attacks on vessels in the Red Sea. “These destabilizing effects have also affected Yemen negatively,” Grundberg added, referencing Gaza. He called for an immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages in Gaza.

On the humanitarian front, Joyce Msuya, the Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs said, “62 percent of surveyed households report they do not have enough food to eat,” She noted that three districts in Yemen face extremely critical levels of malnutrition, and the situation is expected to worsen.

In addition to the food crisis, Yemen is battling devastating rains, flooding, and cholera, Msuya also said, “More than 270,000 people have been displaced due to recent weather events, and over 180,000 suspected cholera cases have been reported.”

Also briefing Council members, Linda Al Obahi, Senior Political Affairs Advisor with the Peace Track Initiative said women and girls, who make up nearly half of the 18.2 million people in need of assistance, face unique challenges. She added, “6.3 million Yemeni women and girls are at heightened risk of gender-based violence.” Al Obahi also highlighted the rise of forced and early marriages as coping mechanisms amid the crisis.

Yemen’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Abdullah Ali Fadhel Al-Saadi, said Houthi militias are exacerbating the conflict through military escalation and targeting international maritime navigation. He said, “this is a group that does not believe in peace and does not care about the economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen.”

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