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1st Right of Reply by the Republic of Yemen at general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 22 – 29 September 2020).

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Delegates representing the Government of Yemen and Ansar Allah have agreed to immediately release a first group of 1,081 conflict-related detainees and prisoners, in accordance with the lists of agreed-upon names. UNTV CH

Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi called on the international community to “seriously and urgently commit to put an end to this imminent catastrophe of the Safer oil ship,” adding that “the Houthis are refusing access for a UN team to the oil tanker for repair and maintenance.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, President of the Republic of Yemen, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 22 – 29 September 2020).

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz said his country’s experience with "the Iranian regime has taught us that partial solution and appeasement did not stop its threats to international peace and security.” UNIFEED

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that Yemen is at a tipping point as conflict and economic woes drag the country to the brink of famine and risk cancelling out the gains made through humanitarian action in the past few years. WFP

Battles have been won in fighting the Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa, but the campaign is not over yet. FAO

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said "from endless warnings about the world being under-prepared, all countries need to dig in together and invest to ensure a pandemic of this magnitude and severity never happens again. With the right political and financial commitment and investment now, we can prevent and mitigate future pandemics." WHO