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The Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg told the Security Council, “I believe we have not seen such a serious opportunity for making progress towards ending the conflict in eight years. But the tide could still turn unless the parties take bolder steps toward peace.” UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 17 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
17 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“I believe we have not seen such a serious opportunity for making progress towards ending the conflict in eight years. But the tide could still turn unless the parties take bolder steps toward peace.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“I am concerned about recent military activity in Marib, Shabwa, Taiz and other governorates. We have seen in the past how escalation – particularly in Marib – has spilled over to frontlines elsewhere. I call on the parties to exercise maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and continue to engage with my Office to ensure maintained de-escalation.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7.SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“Any new agreement in Yemen must be a clear step toward a Yemeni-led political process. It needs to include a strong commitment from the parties to meet and negotiate in good faith with one another. The political process needs to orient toward the future that so many Yemeni women and men have told us they want: one of accountable governance, equal citizenship, and social and economic justice.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“Let us be under no illusions. There is a lot of hard work to be done to build trust and make compromise. Yemenis need to come together under UN auspices to agree on how to end this long and terrible war. There is even more work to be done to recover, rebuild and reach a sustainable, just and equitable peace. Mediation efforts will always adapt and evolve. But, if the parties allow this moment to pass by without coming to agreement, it will be truly regrettable.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghada Mudawi, Deputy Director, Operations and Advocacy Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair:
“Preventable diseases like measles and polio, are spreading at a dangerous pace, putting Yemenis youngest at even higher risk. We fear these outbreaks could deteriorate fast, especially in Houthi controlled areas where we are seeing increasing impediments to immunization, as well as misinformation that's fueling vaccine skepticism.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghada Mudawi, Deputy Director, Operations and Advocacy Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair:
“Currently restrictions continue to hinder Yemeni female staff from participating in vital humanitarian activities. And this in turn severely impacts the provision of critical services that can only be delivered by women, while also undercutting our ability to reach the most vulnerable communities.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghada Mudawi, Deputy Director, Operations and Advocacy Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair:
“We reiterate our call to all parties to the conflict especially the Houthi de facto authorities to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, including by facilitating the rapid and unpaid facade of humanitarian relief, and ensuring freedom of movement for humanitarian personnel, so they can execute the essential functions.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdullah al-Saadi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Yemen:
“My government highly values the unity of the Security Council in condemning the Houthi’s military escalation and the terrorist attack on the 25th on March in a statement by this Council. However, we renew our call to the Security Council and the international community to realize the seriousness of this escalation and the terrorist and provocative act, especially in this critical phase that requires the integration of all efforts to compel Houthi militias to seriously engage with the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Sultanate of Oman and the international community to go back to a comprehensive political process under the auspices of the United Nations.”
18. Wide shot, Security Council
19. Wide shot, press briefing room
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“I think it's important while we are obviously welcoming and rejoicing with the families that have seen their loved ones being released now in view of the Eid celebrations, we also need to think all the families that still have family members in custody or in detention, and that the parties have committed also to release all conflict-related detainees and this is something that we'll continue to work on.”
21. Wide shot, press briefing room
STORYLINE:
The Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg told the Security Council, “I believe we have not seen such a serious opportunity for making progress towards ending the conflict in eight years. But the tide could still turn unless the parties take bolder steps toward peace.”
Briefing the Council today (17 Apr) via a video link, Grundberg said that the parties in Yemen have recently shown that negotiations can deliver results.
In March, the parties agreed in Switzerland under the auspices of the United Nations to release almost 900 conflict- related detainees from all sides. They also agreed to meet again in May to make further progress on their commitment as part of the Stockholm Agreement to release all conflict-related detainees. And they agreed to undertake joint visits to each other’s detention facilities, including in Marib and Sana’a.
The release operations took place between 14 and 16 April, reuniting hundreds of Yemeni families with their loved ones, just in time for them to celebrate Eid together. This has renewed the hopes of many more Yemenis that their relatives, too, may soon be released, said the Special Envoy.
However, Grundberg said that Yemenis still live with unimaginable hardship every day. And recent developments are a reminder that escalation can quickly reverse hard-won gains.
He explained, “I am concerned about recent military activity in Marib, Shabwa, Taiz and other governorates,” adding that “we have seen in the past how escalation – particularly in Marib – has spilled over to frontlines elsewhere.”
The Special Envoy called on the parties to “exercise maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and continue to engage with my Office to ensure maintained de-escalation.”
Grundberg reiterated, “Any new agreement in Yemen must be a clear step toward a Yemeni-led political process. It needs to include a strong commitment from the parties to meet and negotiate in good faith with one another.”
He continued, “The political process needs to orient toward the future that so many Yemeni women and men have told us they want: one of accountable governance, equal citizenship, and social and economic justice.”
Grundberg concluded, “Let us be under no illusions. There is a lot of hard work to be done to build trust and make compromise. Yemenis need to come together under UN auspices to agree on how to end this long and terrible war. There is even more work to be done to recover, rebuild and reach a sustainable, just and equitable peace.”
He added, “Mediation efforts will always adapt and evolve. But, if the parties allow this moment to pass by without coming to agreement, it will be truly regrettable.”
Ghada Mudawi from United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair also spoke at the Council.
She said, “Preventable diseases like measles and polio, are spreading at a dangerous pace, putting Yemenis youngest at even higher risk.”
Mudawai added, “We fear these outbreaks could deteriorate fast, especially in Houthi controlled areas where we are seeing increasing impediments to immunization, as well as misinformation that's fueling vaccine skepticism.”
The UN senior humanitarian affair official also said, “Currently restrictions continue to hinder Yemeni female staff from participating in vital humanitarian activities. And this in turn severely impacts the provision of critical services that can only be delivered by women, while also undercutting our ability to reach the most vulnerable communities.”
Mudawi reiterated the call to all parties to the conflict “especially the Houthi de facto authorities to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, including by facilitating the rapid and unpaid facade of humanitarian relief, and ensuring freedom of movement for humanitarian personnel, so they can execute the essential functions.”
Yemeni Ambassador Abdullah al-Saadi told Council members that his government “highly values the unity of the Security Council in condemning the Houthi’s military escalation and the terrorist attack on the 25th on March in a statement by this Council.”
However, Ambassador al-Saadi said, “we renew our call to the Security Council and the international community to realize the seriousness of this escalation and the terrorist and provocative act, especially in this critical phase that requires the integration of all efforts to compel Houthi militias to seriously engage with the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Sultanate of Oman and the international community to go back to a comprehensive political process under the auspices of the United Nations.”
After the Security Council meeting, the Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg spoke to reporters via a video link.
Asked about the coming meeting in May on the release of the detainees negotiations, Grundberg said, “it's important while we are obviously welcoming and rejoicing with the families that have seen their loved ones being released now in view of the Eid celebrations, we also need to think all the families that still have family members in custody or in detention, and that the parties have committed also to release all conflict-related detainees and this is something that we'll continue to work on.”
TRT: 4:48
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 17 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
SHOTLIST:
RECENT – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
17 APRIL 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“I believe we have not seen such a serious opportunity for making progress towards ending the conflict in eight years. But the tide could still turn unless the parties take bolder steps toward peace.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“I am concerned about recent military activity in Marib, Shabwa, Taiz and other governorates. We have seen in the past how escalation – particularly in Marib – has spilled over to frontlines elsewhere. I call on the parties to exercise maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and continue to engage with my Office to ensure maintained de-escalation.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7.SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“Any new agreement in Yemen must be a clear step toward a Yemeni-led political process. It needs to include a strong commitment from the parties to meet and negotiate in good faith with one another. The political process needs to orient toward the future that so many Yemeni women and men have told us they want: one of accountable governance, equal citizenship, and social and economic justice.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9.SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“Let us be under no illusions. There is a lot of hard work to be done to build trust and make compromise. Yemenis need to come together under UN auspices to agree on how to end this long and terrible war. There is even more work to be done to recover, rebuild and reach a sustainable, just and equitable peace. Mediation efforts will always adapt and evolve. But, if the parties allow this moment to pass by without coming to agreement, it will be truly regrettable.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghada Mudawi, Deputy Director, Operations and Advocacy Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair:
“Preventable diseases like measles and polio, are spreading at a dangerous pace, putting Yemenis youngest at even higher risk. We fear these outbreaks could deteriorate fast, especially in Houthi controlled areas where we are seeing increasing impediments to immunization, as well as misinformation that's fueling vaccine skepticism.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghada Mudawi, Deputy Director, Operations and Advocacy Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair:
“Currently restrictions continue to hinder Yemeni female staff from participating in vital humanitarian activities. And this in turn severely impacts the provision of critical services that can only be delivered by women, while also undercutting our ability to reach the most vulnerable communities.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghada Mudawi, Deputy Director, Operations and Advocacy Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair:
“We reiterate our call to all parties to the conflict especially the Houthi de facto authorities to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, including by facilitating the rapid and unpaid facade of humanitarian relief, and ensuring freedom of movement for humanitarian personnel, so they can execute the essential functions.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdullah al-Saadi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Yemen:
“My government highly values the unity of the Security Council in condemning the Houthi’s military escalation and the terrorist attack on the 25th on March in a statement by this Council. However, we renew our call to the Security Council and the international community to realize the seriousness of this escalation and the terrorist and provocative act, especially in this critical phase that requires the integration of all efforts to compel Houthi militias to seriously engage with the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Sultanate of Oman and the international community to go back to a comprehensive political process under the auspices of the United Nations.”
18. Wide shot, Security Council
19. Wide shot, press briefing room
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“I think it's important while we are obviously welcoming and rejoicing with the families that have seen their loved ones being released now in view of the Eid celebrations, we also need to think all the families that still have family members in custody or in detention, and that the parties have committed also to release all conflict-related detainees and this is something that we'll continue to work on.”
21. Wide shot, press briefing room
STORYLINE:
The Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg told the Security Council, “I believe we have not seen such a serious opportunity for making progress towards ending the conflict in eight years. But the tide could still turn unless the parties take bolder steps toward peace.”
Briefing the Council today (17 Apr) via a video link, Grundberg said that the parties in Yemen have recently shown that negotiations can deliver results.
In March, the parties agreed in Switzerland under the auspices of the United Nations to release almost 900 conflict- related detainees from all sides. They also agreed to meet again in May to make further progress on their commitment as part of the Stockholm Agreement to release all conflict-related detainees. And they agreed to undertake joint visits to each other’s detention facilities, including in Marib and Sana’a.
The release operations took place between 14 and 16 April, reuniting hundreds of Yemeni families with their loved ones, just in time for them to celebrate Eid together. This has renewed the hopes of many more Yemenis that their relatives, too, may soon be released, said the Special Envoy.
However, Grundberg said that Yemenis still live with unimaginable hardship every day. And recent developments are a reminder that escalation can quickly reverse hard-won gains.
He explained, “I am concerned about recent military activity in Marib, Shabwa, Taiz and other governorates,” adding that “we have seen in the past how escalation – particularly in Marib – has spilled over to frontlines elsewhere.”
The Special Envoy called on the parties to “exercise maximum restraint, refrain from provocative actions and continue to engage with my Office to ensure maintained de-escalation.”
Grundberg reiterated, “Any new agreement in Yemen must be a clear step toward a Yemeni-led political process. It needs to include a strong commitment from the parties to meet and negotiate in good faith with one another.”
He continued, “The political process needs to orient toward the future that so many Yemeni women and men have told us they want: one of accountable governance, equal citizenship, and social and economic justice.”
Grundberg concluded, “Let us be under no illusions. There is a lot of hard work to be done to build trust and make compromise. Yemenis need to come together under UN auspices to agree on how to end this long and terrible war. There is even more work to be done to recover, rebuild and reach a sustainable, just and equitable peace.”
He added, “Mediation efforts will always adapt and evolve. But, if the parties allow this moment to pass by without coming to agreement, it will be truly regrettable.”
Ghada Mudawi from United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair also spoke at the Council.
She said, “Preventable diseases like measles and polio, are spreading at a dangerous pace, putting Yemenis youngest at even higher risk.”
Mudawai added, “We fear these outbreaks could deteriorate fast, especially in Houthi controlled areas where we are seeing increasing impediments to immunization, as well as misinformation that's fueling vaccine skepticism.”
The UN senior humanitarian affair official also said, “Currently restrictions continue to hinder Yemeni female staff from participating in vital humanitarian activities. And this in turn severely impacts the provision of critical services that can only be delivered by women, while also undercutting our ability to reach the most vulnerable communities.”
Mudawi reiterated the call to all parties to the conflict “especially the Houthi de facto authorities to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, including by facilitating the rapid and unpaid facade of humanitarian relief, and ensuring freedom of movement for humanitarian personnel, so they can execute the essential functions.”
Yemeni Ambassador Abdullah al-Saadi told Council members that his government “highly values the unity of the Security Council in condemning the Houthi’s military escalation and the terrorist attack on the 25th on March in a statement by this Council.”
However, Ambassador al-Saadi said, “we renew our call to the Security Council and the international community to realize the seriousness of this escalation and the terrorist and provocative act, especially in this critical phase that requires the integration of all efforts to compel Houthi militias to seriously engage with the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Sultanate of Oman and the international community to go back to a comprehensive political process under the auspices of the United Nations.”
After the Security Council meeting, the Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg spoke to reporters via a video link.
Asked about the coming meeting in May on the release of the detainees negotiations, Grundberg said, “it's important while we are obviously welcoming and rejoicing with the families that have seen their loved ones being released now in view of the Eid celebrations, we also need to think all the families that still have family members in custody or in detention, and that the parties have committed also to release all conflict-related detainees and this is something that we'll continue to work on.”
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