UN Documents for Yemen

Selected Security Council Resolutions View All
14 July 2021 S/RES/2586 This extended the mandate of UNMHA until 15 July 2022.
25 February 2021 S/RES/2564 This resolution renewed the Yemen sanctions regime for one year, condemned the ongoing escalation in Marib and stressed the Houthis' responsibility for the situation of the FSO Safer.
14 July 2020 S/RES/2534 This renewed the mandate of the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement until 15 July 2021.
Selected Security Council Presidential Statements View All
29 August 2019 S/PRST/2019/9 This was on developments in southern Yemen and efforts to resume comprehensive political negotiations.
15 March 2018 S/PRST/2018/5 This was a presidential statement calling for the full and sustained opening of all of Yemen's ports, including Hodeidah and Saleef ports, and for increased access to Sana'a airport.
9 August 2017 S/PRST/2017/14 This was on the threat of famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and north-east Nigeria.
Selected Secretary-General's Reports View All
27 August 2021 S/2021/761 The present report, the third on the situation of children and armed conflict in Yemen, has been prepared pursuant to Security Council resolution 1612 (2005).
3 June 2019 S/2019/453 This was the Secretary-General's report on children and armed conflict in Yemen.
21 January 2019 S/2019/69 This was a report on the implementation of resolution 2451.
Selected Sanctions Committee Documents View All
22 January 2021 S/2021/79 This was the final report of the Yemen Panel of Experts.
31 March 2020 S/2020/260 This was a letter of the Secretary-General appointing the Yemen Panel of Experts.
27 January 2020 S/2020/70 This was a final report of the Yemen Panel of Experts.
Selected Security Council Letters View All
3 June 2021 S/2021/528 This was a review of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA).
18 March 2021 S/2021/266 This letter contained the record of briefings and statements from Council members' 16 March videoconference on Yemen.
17 March 2021 S/2021/264 This was the summary of the IEG’s 2 March 2021 meeting on Yemen.
Selected Security Council Meeting Records View All
10 September 2021 S/PV.8854 This was the meeting record of the first briefing by the Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg.
23 August 2021 S/PV.8840 This was a briefing on Yemen.
15 June 2021 S/PV.8797 This was the final briefing of Martin Griffiths as UN Special Envoy for Yemen.
Selected Security Council Press Statements View All
16 April 2021 SC/14497 This press statement called on the Houthis to end their escalation in Marib and condemned the cross-border attacks against Saudi Arabia.
18 March 2021 SC/14471 This press statement stressed the need for a de-escalation by all, including an immediate end to the Houthi escalation in Marib.
13 December 2020 SC/14384 This press statement called for the implementation of the Riyadh Agreement and for Yemen’s parties to meet urgently to bridge differences on the joint declaration, and expressed alarm at the new IPC assessment, among other points, about the humanitarian situation.
Selected General Assembly Documents View All
14 December 1967 A/RES/2310 (XXII) This resolution admitted Democratic Yemen (the People's Republic of Southern Yemen) as a member of the UN.
30 September 1947 A/RES/108 (II) This resolution admitted Pakistan and Yemen as members of the UN.
Selected Human Rights Council Documents View All
10 September 2021 A/HRC/48/20 This was the fourth report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen.
29 September 2020 A/HRC/45/CRP.7 This was the conference room paper containing the detailed findings of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen from its report A/HRC/45/6.
28 September 2020 A/HRC/45/6 This was a report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, which recommended that the UN Security Council refer the situation in Yemen to the International Criminal Court.
Selected Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict Documents View All
8 April 2020 S/AC.51/2020/1 These were the Working Group's conclusions on children and armed conflict in Yemen.
9 December 2013 S/AC.51/2013/3 This document contained the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict conclusions on Yemen.
Selected Other Documents View All
26 February 2018 S/2018/156 This was a draft resolution on the Yemen sanctions regime, which Russia vetoed, objecting to references to the Yemen Panel of Experts’ findings that Iran was in non-compliance with the arms embargo. Eleven members voted in favour, China and Kazakhstan abstained with Bolivia also voting against.