The Security Council has made every effort to support a peaceful, negotiated transition in Yemen. Over the past three years, I have repeatedly warned the Security Council about the dangers facing the transition process. Today, I deeply regret to inform the Council that the transition, which was wide…
Following a month in Yemen on my twenty-third mission, I have just returned to New York in order to address this Council. I left Sana’a in the middle of facilitating talks on the southern question — a thorny issue on which agreement has proved elusive thus far.
It is paramount to underscore to the …
Yemen is in the throes of its transition. A few days ago, I sat beside President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour and the Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Mr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, to witness the 565 representatives to the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) celebrate …
Yemen has just witnessed a historic milestone. On 23 November, it marked the first anniversary of the signing of its Peace and Transition Agreement. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon personally attended the ceremony to commemorate that achievement. At that time, he assured the people of Yemen of the ful…
