Yemen

  • 28 February 2022

    Yemen: Sanctions Resolution*

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    On Monday (28 February), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution that renews the Yemen financial and travel ban sanctions until 28 February 2023, reaffirms the provisions of the targeted arms embargo established in resolution 2216...

  • 14 February 2022

    Yemen: Briefing and Consultations

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    Tomorrow (15 February), the Security Council will hold a briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, and the chair of the 2140 Yemen Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Ferit Hoxha (Albania),...

  • February 2022

    Yemen

    Monthly Forecast

    In February, the Council is expected to adopt a resolution renewing the Yemen financial and travel ban sanctions, which expire on 26 February, and the mandate of the Yemen Panel of Experts, which expires on 28 March. (The targeted arms embargo established by resolution 2216 in April 2015 against the Houthi rebel group is open-ended.) The Council is also expected to hold its monthly briefing and consultations on Yemen with UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and a representative of OCHA. The head of the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), Major General Michael Beary, who was appointed in December 2021 and assumed his duties on 19 January, is expected to brief in consultations.

  • Tomorrow (21 January), Security Council members will hold closed consultations under the agenda item “Threats to international peace and security” on the 17 January Houthi-claimed attack against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which killed three civilians and injured six others...

  • January 2022

    Yemen

    Monthly Forecast

    In January, the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing and consultations on Yemen with UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and a representative of OCHA.

  • 13 December 2021

    Yemen: Briefing and Consultations

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    Tomorrow morning (14 December), the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ramesh Rajasingham are expected to brief. Grundberg is likely...

  • December 2021

    Yemen

    Monthly Forecast

    In December, the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing and consultations on Yemen with UN Special Envoy Hans Grundberg and a representative of OCHA.

  • 10 November 2021

    Yemen: Closed Consultations

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    Tomorrow (11 November), Security Council members will hold their monthly meeting on Yemen in closed consultations. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ramesh Rajasingham are expected to brief. Grundberg is likely to express...

  • November 2021

    Yemen

    Monthly Forecast

    In October, the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing and consultations on Yemen. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and a representative from OCHA are likely to brief.

  • 13 October 2021

    Yemen: Briefing and Consultations

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    Tomorrow (14 October), the Security Council will hold its monthly open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ramesh Rajasingham will brief. A civil society representative is...

  • October 2021

    Yemen

    Monthly Forecast

    In October, the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing and consultations on Yemen. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths are likely to brief.

  • 9 September 2021

    Yemen: Briefing and Consultations

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    Tomorrow (10 September), the Security Council will convene for an open briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, who was appointed on 6 August and officially started his position on 5 September,...

  • September 2021

    Yemen

    Monthly Forecast

    In September, the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing and consultations on Yemen. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths and possibly a civil society representative are expected to brief. General Abhijit Guha, head of the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), will brief during consultations.

  • 20 August 2021

    Yemen: Briefing and Consultations

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    On Monday (23 August), the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing on Yemen, followed by consultations. Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Khaled Khiari, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, and UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta...

  • August 2021

    Yemen

    Monthly Forecast

    In August, the Council is expected to hold its monthly briefing on Yemen with a representative of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths. General Abhijit Guha, head of the UN Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) and chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC), is expected to brief in consultations. Also in August, the Yemen 2140 Sanctions Committee is expected to meet with the Yemen Panel of Experts to discuss the panel’s mid-term update.