Press Releases

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 the forced entry into the premises…

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. ** Yemen Turning to Yemen, we have seen the…

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…

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…

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…

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…