What's In Blue: Yemen
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This morning, the Security Council is set to adopt a resolution that renews the Yemen sanctions measures for an additional year and extends the mandate of the Panel of Experts until 27 March 2017. The UK, as penholder, circulated a...
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On Monday (11 January), following consultations on Mali, OCHA head Stephen O’Brien will brief Council members on the humanitarian situations in Syria and Yemen under “any other business”. Yesterday the leads on the Syrian humanitarian track, New Zealand and Spain,...
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Tomorrow (5 January) following consultations on the Syria chemical weapons issues, Council members will receive briefings under “any other business,” on the Central African Republic (CAR), Syria/Turkey, and Yemen. Central African Republic Council members will be briefed at the request...
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Tomorrow (22 December), the Council will meet on Yemen for briefings by the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed, OCHA Assistant Secretary-General Kyung-wha Kang and the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. While the...
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Tomorrow afternoon (28 October), Jordan has organised an Arria-formula meeting on humanitarian assistance and relief efforts in Yemen. OCHA head Stephen O’Brien will brief, as will Abdullah Al-Rabiah, Chairman of the Saudi-based King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center and...
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Tomorrow (23 October), the Security Council will be briefed by the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and chair of the 2140 Yemen Sanctions Committee Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaité (Lithuania). This will be followed by consultations. The Special...
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Tomorrow afternoon (1 September), the 2140 Yemen Sanctions Committee will hold a briefing open to all UN member states on the Yemen sanctions regime. The chair of the 2140 Committee, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė (Lithuania) and the Coordinator of the Yemen...
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Tomorrow (12 August), the Council will receive a briefing in consultations from the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Ismael Ould Cheikh Ahmed via video teleconference. At press time, it did not appear that a Council action was being discussed. At...
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Tomorrow morning (24 June), Security Council members will have consultations on Yemen. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Yemen, and OCHA Operations Director John Ging are expected to brief. Council members may issue a press statement that...
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Tomorrow morning (3 June), Council members are likely to receive a briefing from the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed on Yemen via video teleconference under “any other business” following consultations on Syria. Russia requested to have the meeting...
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Tomorrow morning (20 May), Council members will hold consultations on Yemen. The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, will brief (via video teleconference), as will John Ging, Operations Director of the UN Office for the...
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On Monday morning (27 April), Council members are scheduled to be briefed by Jamal Benomar, the Secretary-General’s former Special Adviser on Yemen. (Benomar’s resignation was announced by the UN on 15 April, and the Secretary-General’s proposal to appoint Ismail Ould...
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Tuesday morning (14 April) the Council is expected to hold a vote to adopt a resolution on Yemen. While the situation in the country has changed dramatically over the last two-and-a-half weeks, reaching a Council decision on the conflict has...
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Security Council members will meet today (Saturday, 4 April) at 11 am for consultations on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, with a focus on the possibility of having “humanitarian pauses” in the conflict in Yemen. The meeting was requested yesterday...
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This afternoon (22 March) the Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Yemen at Jordan’s request. The Secretary-General’s Special Adviser, Jamal Benomar, will brief via video teleconference. Representatives of Yemen and Qatar, the latter on behalf of the Gulf...
