UN Documents for Yemen

Selected Security Council Resolutions View All
13 January 2020 S/RES/2505 This resolution extended the mandate of the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement until 15 July 2020.
15 July 2019 S/RES/2481 This resolution renewed the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement for six months until 15 January 2020.
26 February 2019 S/RES/2456 This resolution extended for an additional year the Yemen financial and travel ban sanctions, reaffirmed the provisions of the targeted arms embargo, and renewed the mandate of the committee’s Panel of Experts.
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
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.
4 January 2019 S/2019/11 This was a Secretary-General's report on progress regarding the implementation of resolution 2451.
Selected Sanctions Committee Documents View All
25 January 2019 S/2019/83 This was the final report of the Panel of Experts on Yemen.
25 January 2019 SC/13679 This was a press release on the 18 January meeting of the 2140 Committee to consider the Yemen Panel of Expert’s final report.
17 December 2018 S/2018/1125 This was the report of the 2140 Yemen Sanctions Committee.
Selected Security Council Letters View All
14 October 2019 S/2019/823 This was a review on UNMHA.
30 September 2019 S/2019/778 This was a letter from the Yemeni government, rejecting UAE claims of fighting terrorism to justify its attacks on 28 and 29 August against Yemeni armed forces.
11 September 2019 S/2019/735 In this letter, Council members took note of the Secretary-General's intended appointment of Abhijit Guha as RCC chair and head of UNMHA.
Selected Security Council Meeting Records View All
22 November 2019 S/PV.8672 This was a briefing on Yemen.
17 October 2019 S/PV.8642 This was a briefing on Yemen by Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock.
16 September 2019 S/PV.8619 This was a briefing on Yemen with Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock.
Selected Security Council Press Statements View All
6 November 2019 SC/14017 This statement welcomed the signing of the Riyadh Agreement between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council.
10 June 2019 SC/13834 This statement underlined Council members’ full support for the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths.
17 April 2019 SC/13785 This statement expressed grave concern that the agreements reached in Stockholm have not yet been implemented.
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
27 September 2019 A/HRC/RES/42/31 This resolution was on technical assistance and capacity-building for Yemen.
26 September 2019 A/HRC/RES/42/2 This resolution renewed the mandate of the Group of International and Regional Eminent Experts on Yemen for one year.
3 September 2019 A/HRC/42.CRP.1* This was a report of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen setting out its detailed findings that were summarized in a second shorter report dated 9 August 2019.
Selected Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict Documents View All
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.