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Following meetings with the Government of Yemen in Riyadh and Aden, and with Ansar Allah in Muscat, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, told the Security Council that “the gap in trust between warring parties is wide and growing.” UNIFEED

“Iran cannot be allowed to think time is on its side, because the more dangerous its nuclear programme becomes, the greater the risk of a major crisis,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the UN General Assembly on Monday. UNIFEED

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told the General Assembly’s General Debate that Iran’s nuclear program “has hit a watershed moment, and so has our tolerance,” adding that “words do not stop centrifuges from spinning.” UNIFEED

Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak called on the international community to shoulder its responsibility and put an end to the “arrogance” of Houthi militias through “effective and decisive pressure on the coup leaders and their sponsors to implement Security Council resolutions, to stop the bloodshed and destruction and to give way for humanitarian aid to reach all Yemenis.” UNIFEED

“The question of international recognition of the Taliban at the present juncture is not on the table,” the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference in New York on the sidelines of the General Assembly on Saturday. UNIFEED

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia said his country “retains its legitimate right to self-defence in the face of the ballistic missile, drone, and explosive boat attacks and absolutely refuses any attempts to interfere in its internal affairs.” UNIFEED

Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi condemned the “continued illegal US sanctions” levied against his country and demanded that “this organized crime against humanity be recorded as a symbol and reality of the so-called American human rights.” UNIFEED

“US military power must be our tool of last resort, not our first,” United States President Joe Biden told world leaders at the UN General Assembly, adding in “today, many of our greatest concerns cannot be solved or even addressed through the force of arms.” UNIFEED

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said he hoped to be in Tehran “very soon to address these pressing matters that will provide the necessary assurances to the world that there is no concern and also pave the way for other important diplomatic efforts which are needed to come to a satisfactory situation when it comes to the nuclear programme in the Islamic Republic of Iran.” IAEA

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, visited Afghanistan where he met with interim government officials, as well as UN staff and NGO partners that have stayed through the crisis to deliver humanitarian support for hundreds of thousands of people. UNHCR