Gaza Conflict Aggravates Instability in Yemen | Security Council Briefing

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Published Jun 22, 2024

Briefing by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen) during the 9623rd meeting of the Security Council.

In his address to the Council, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths said, “the last seven months of misery and pain in the wider region – of course I am referring to the conflict in the Middle East in Gaza - have added to instability in Yemen. Attacks on vessels and around the Red Sea who disrupted global trade, but we cannot - we must not - let developments in the region of the Red Sea stand in the way of peace in Yemen.”

Griffiths told the Council that this was the reason why Special Envoy Grundberg and his team “were insistent on the need for protecting the gains that have been made and moving back towards that ceasefire.”