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The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, told the Security Council that “the longer the Marib offensive goes on, the greater the risks to Yemen’s broader stability and social cohesion.” UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General welcomed the announcement by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on steps to help end the fighting and restart the political process in Yemen. The UN is also "alarmed" by the reported claim by the Houthis of a drone attack on Tuesday at the Abha airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. UNIFEED

The United Nations welcomed today's announcement by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of its intention to “undertake a number of measures to help end the conflict in Yemen, which align with the UN's initiative,” according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED

Despite increases in the number of women at the highest levels of political power, widespread gender inequalities persist, according to the 2021 edition of the IPU-UN Women Map of Women in Politics. UNIFEED

UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the United Nation condemned the multiple drone and ballistic missile attacks claimed by the Houthis against Saudi Arabia while expressing concern over the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes on Sana'a and Hodeidah in response, adding that such actions are “detrimental” to the Organization’s mediation efforts. UNIFEED

UN independent expert Agnès Callamard today welcomed a report published earlier this week by U.S. authorities that named Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as the person who gave the go ahead to the operation to kill or capture journalist Jamal Khashoggi. UNTV CH

“There is an important opportunity right now to help Yemen and move towards lasting peace,” the UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council on Thursday, adding in “firstly, the violence must stop.” UNIFEED

COVID-19 has disrupted all forms of human mobility through the closing of national borders and halting of travel worldwide. Preliminary estimates suggest that the pandemic may have slowed the growth in the stock of international migrants by around two million by mid- 2020, 27 per cent less than the growth expected since mid-2019, according to a report by the United Nations released today. UNIFEED

A new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts to control the pest throughout 2020, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today. FAO

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