18 Oct 2025 - The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the continued public accusations made by the Houthis, including on 16 October by their leadership, against United Nations personnel in Yemen. He categorically rejects all such accusations....
08 Oct 2025 - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the continued arbitrary detentions of its personnel and its partners, as well as the ongoing unlawful seizure of UN premises and assets in areas under Houthi control. Most recently, the Houthi de facto authorities detained nine additional...
28 Sep 2025 - The Secretary-General condemns the continuing military escalation between Israel and the Houthis. On 24 September, the Houthis struck Eilat with a drone, reportedly resulting in 20 people injured, and, on 25 September, Israel conducted airstrikes on Sana’a, which reportedly...
14 Sep 2025 - The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the detentions since 31 August of at least 21 United Nations personnel by the Houthis, as well as the forced entry into premises of the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the...
01 Sep 2025 - I strongly condemn the arbitrary detentions on 31 August of at least 11 United Nations personnel by the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen in areas under their control. I further condemn...
22 Jul 2025 - The following is a near-verbatim transcript of an excerpt of the daily press briefing delivered on Monday, 21 July 2025, by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General....
21 Jul 2025 - The Officer-in-Charge of UNMHA, Ms. Mari Yamashita, concluded her official visit to Riyadh on 21 July where she met with Saudi official, Yemeni officials, regional partners, and members of the diplomatic community.
Against the backdrop of UNMHA’s mandate extension of 14 July,...
UN Security Council members vote in favor of the resolution extending the mandate of UNMHA. All 15 members voted in favor
15 Jul 2025 - Hudaydah, 15 July 2025 - On 14 July 2025, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 2786 and extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) as contained in resolution 2691 (2023), to support the implementation of the...
06 Jun 2025 - A year after the wave of detentions in June 2024, following more recent detentions and against the backdrop of past detentions, Council Members reiterated their strong condemnation of the ongoing detentions by the Houthis of personnel from the United...
02 Jun 2025 - This June marks one year since the arbitrary detention of dozens of personnel from the United Nations, national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations and diplomatic missions by the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen. I renew my...