Statement by H.E. Ambassador SHINO Mitsuko, Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, at the Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Yemen
2023/5/17
(As delivered)
Madame President,
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Director Wosornu, and Ms. Al-Eryani for their briefings.
We are encouraged to hear of the valuable steps towards a comprehensive ceasefire and inclusive Yemeni-Yemeni political talks, under the auspices of the United Nations. Japan echoes the Security Council Press Statement last month in welcoming the Saudi Arabian and Omani delegations’ recent visit to Sana’a.
It is important to ensure that efforts made by the parties to the conflict and regional countries will feed into a UN-mediated and Yemeni-owned political process towards a durable peace in Yemen. In this light, we support the critical role of the Special Envoy and his efforts to work with Yemeni and regional stakeholders. Inclusivity in communications among the parties is crucially important, and we commend efforts being made by all the Yemeni stakeholders to transcend their different political and historical backgrounds.
In addition to inclusivity, implementation in good faith of agreements made during the UN-mediated and Yemeni-owned political process is essential to achieving long term stability. The Security Council should consider how best we can ensure such implementation going forward.
As we talk about progress on the political track, let us not shield our eyes from the suffering of the Yemeni people who are enduring the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. I would like to recall the fact that the G7 Foreign Ministers called on the Houthis to lift any impediments to the delivery of humanitarian assistance, especially with regard to women and girls. The Security Council should underscore the importance of continuing humanitarian assistance to Yemen. As political stability needs to be underpinned by economic stability, the international community must effectively contribute to achieving stability and economic recovery.
Regarding the FSO Safer, we appreciate the initiative of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in hosting the pledging conference on May 4th. In the G7 Foreign Ministers’ communique issued in April, we as chair joined our fellow G7 countries in calling on all relevant parties and the international community to support the implementation of the FSO Safer plan. We commend the work of UNDP to have accelerated the project thus far, and ask other UN agencies to further collaborate in order to fill the financial gap, since we all have a stake in preventing a potential disaster.
Madame President,
Now is the time to make critical progress in bringing this environmental, humanitarian, and global economic crisis to a close at last. We must seize momentum and not let this chance slip away.
I thank you, Madame President.
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg, Director Wosornu, and Ms. Al-Eryani for their briefings.
We are encouraged to hear of the valuable steps towards a comprehensive ceasefire and inclusive Yemeni-Yemeni political talks, under the auspices of the United Nations. Japan echoes the Security Council Press Statement last month in welcoming the Saudi Arabian and Omani delegations’ recent visit to Sana’a.
It is important to ensure that efforts made by the parties to the conflict and regional countries will feed into a UN-mediated and Yemeni-owned political process towards a durable peace in Yemen. In this light, we support the critical role of the Special Envoy and his efforts to work with Yemeni and regional stakeholders. Inclusivity in communications among the parties is crucially important, and we commend efforts being made by all the Yemeni stakeholders to transcend their different political and historical backgrounds.
In addition to inclusivity, implementation in good faith of agreements made during the UN-mediated and Yemeni-owned political process is essential to achieving long term stability. The Security Council should consider how best we can ensure such implementation going forward.
As we talk about progress on the political track, let us not shield our eyes from the suffering of the Yemeni people who are enduring the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. I would like to recall the fact that the G7 Foreign Ministers called on the Houthis to lift any impediments to the delivery of humanitarian assistance, especially with regard to women and girls. The Security Council should underscore the importance of continuing humanitarian assistance to Yemen. As political stability needs to be underpinned by economic stability, the international community must effectively contribute to achieving stability and economic recovery.
Regarding the FSO Safer, we appreciate the initiative of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands in hosting the pledging conference on May 4th. In the G7 Foreign Ministers’ communique issued in April, we as chair joined our fellow G7 countries in calling on all relevant parties and the international community to support the implementation of the FSO Safer plan. We commend the work of UNDP to have accelerated the project thus far, and ask other UN agencies to further collaborate in order to fill the financial gap, since we all have a stake in preventing a potential disaster.
Madame President,
Now is the time to make critical progress in bringing this environmental, humanitarian, and global economic crisis to a close at last. We must seize momentum and not let this chance slip away.
I thank you, Madame President.