The Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the Prisoner Exchange Agreement Continues its Work
The Supervisory Committee on the implementation of the Prisoner Exchange Agreement, comprised of representatives of the Government of Yemen and Ansar Allah, and co-chaired by the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary…
@ UNICEF - A woman and children wait as UNICEF-supported emergency humanitarian supplies are distributed in Hudaydah, Yemen, in June 2018.
Joint statement on the situation in Yemen
SPECIAL ENVOY OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR YEMEN MARTIN GRIFFITHS and UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR MARK LOWCOCK 11 February 2019 - The urgency of United Nations access to…
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Briefing of the Special Envoy for Yemen to the UN Security Council
Mr. President, Thank you very much, thank you for the opportunity provided to me to brief this Council. Since I last talked to you, a few weeks ago, we have made some significant progress in the implementation of the…
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Griffiths to Al-Arabiya: "phase one of redeployments in Hudayda should start immediately."
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, stressed the importance for the parties in Yemen to immediately start implementing phase one of the redeployments in Hudayda. In an interview with Al…
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Statement by the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, on the implementation of the Hudayda Agreement
Following constructive discussions with both parties, there is significant progress towards an agreement to implement phase one of the redeployments of the Hudayda agreement. Operational details will be presented to the…
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Griffiths to Yemeni Women Conference: “We have to walk an uphill”
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, took part this morning in the first day of the Yemeni Women Conference “Mediators for Peace”, organized by UN Women in Amman. Addressing the opening of…
Statement attributed to the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen Martin Griffiths
Amman, 09 April 2019 - I am deeply saddened to hear of the tragic deaths of civilians, the majority of whom were young female students attending school, in Saewan area in Sana’a, on 7 April. I would like to offer my sincere…
Briefing of Martin Griffiths, UN Special Envoy for Yemen to the Security Council
Thank you very much Mr. President, And thank you for giving me this opportunity to brief the Council. It is almost exactly a year since I first had such a chance. And I said then, back in April of last year, that a political…
UN teams continue monitoring redeployments of military forces from Hudaydah ports. Photo credit: UNMHA.
Yemeni Parties Meet in Amman on Economic Provisions of the Hudayda Agreement
The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen will meet the Yemeni parties in Amman on Tuesday 14 May, to discuss implementation of the economic provisions of the Hudayda Agreement reached in Sweden in…
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Briefing of Martin Griffiths, Un Special Envoy for Yemen, to the Security Council
Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. President for giving me the opportunity to brief this Council. Today, of course, I am very pleased to report to the Council on progress in the implementation of the Hudaydah agreement…
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Meeting on the Economic Provisions of the Hudayda Agreement Concludes
The Yemeni parties met from 14 to 16 May to discuss the implementation of the economic provisions of the Hudayda Agreement in Amman. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Office of the Special Envoy of the United…
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr
Amman, 4 June 2019 - The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths extends his heartfelt greetings to the Yemeni people on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. “I wish to all Yemenis and their families Eid Mubarak. May this…