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STORY: UN / YEMEN UPDATE
TRT: 01:30
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 03 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters
03 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Moving to Yemen, and the latest developments there and unfortunately no good news to report on that end. This morning, our colleagues told us that the Houthi de facto authorities broke into the UNDP complex in Sanaa. So far, the UNICEF and WFP offices remain under the Houthi control. Since yesterday, the number of detained national staff in this round remains at 18, and they remain under the detention in control of the Houthi de facto authorities. Of course, the Secretary-General strongly condemns the forced entry by the Houthi authorities into our offices in Sana’a. We reiterate that the safety and security of UN personnel and property must be guaranteed, and that the inviolability of UN premises must be respected at all times. And again, we call immediate and unconditional release of all those who have been detained yesterday and before that, as you know there are many others who remain under detention and those include our own staff, but also staff from international and national non-governmental organizations, civil society and diplomatic missions.”
4. Wide shot, end of press briefing
The United Nations on Wednesday (Sep 03) condemned the forced entry of Houthi authorities into one of its agency compounds in Yemen and called for the immediate release of detained staff.
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York that offices of UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Yemeni capital “remain under the Houthi control.” He noted that since Tuesday “the number of detained national staff in this round remains at 18, and they remain under the detention in control of the Houthi de facto authorities.”
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the forced entry by the Houthi authorities into our offices in Sana’a,” Dujarric added. “We reiterate that the safety and security of UN personnel and property must be guaranteed, and that the inviolability of UN premises must be respected at all times.”
The UN again called for “immediate and unconditional release of all those who have been detained yesterday and before that,” Dujarric said, noting that “there are many others who remain under detention and those include our own staff, but also staff from international and national non-governmental organizations, civil society and diplomatic missions.”
