The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to extend the mandate of the mission monitoring the ceasefire agreement in Yemen’s Al Hudaydah Governorate. The new resolution, designated as Resolution 2742 (2024), permits the United Nations Mission to Support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) to continue its operations until July 14, 2025. This decision emphasizes the necessity for the Secretary-General to provide monthly updates on the situation in Hudaydah (UN Press).
The UNMHA was initially established following the Stockholm Agreement in 2018, which targeted a ceasefire in the city of Hudaydah and the ports of Hudaydah, Salif, and Ras Isa. This agreement, signed by the Yemeni government and the Houthi forces, also included the creation of a Redeployment Coordination Committee responsible for monitoring operations in the region. The Stockholm Agreement laid the groundwork for the UNMHA, which began its mission in 2019 to ensure the proper implementation of the ceasefire (Stockholm Agreement).
The Security Council’s decision comes amidst ongoing humanitarian and political crises in Yemen. UN reports indicate that 80 percent of the Yemeni population requires humanitarian assistance, with three million people displaced due to the civil war. The conflict has also severely impacted the country’s sanitary and economic infrastructure, contributing to one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises (UN Yemen).
Representatives from both the UK and the US highlighted the importance of renewing the mission’s mandate. The US delegation specifically mentioned Iranian involvement in illegal weapons transfers to the Houthis and the detention of 45 staff members from the UN and other organizations by the Houthis. This issue has been flagged as a potential case of enforced disappearance, a crime under international law, and has drawn attention from NGOs such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International (JURIST).
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