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Hans Grundberg urges ceasefire adherence, presses for release of detained UN staff and warns of Yemen’s economic peril
Summary
In a Security Council briefing Hans Grundberg warned that Yemen remains vulnerable to regional escalation, highlighted approval of a 2026 state budget and IMF consultations, and urged Ansar Allah to release 73 detained United Nations colleagues immediately and unconditionally.
Hans Grundberg briefed the Security Council on Yemen, urging parties to uphold the ceasefire and calling on Ansar Allah to halt further attacks and to immediately and unconditionally release detained United Nations staff.
Grundberg opened by expressing sympathy for civilians across the region and said the Council should look to the ceasefire between the United States and Iran to help end the wider conflict and reduce regional uncertainty. “We now look to the ceasefire between the United States and Iran to help end this conflict and begin lifting the long shadow of uncertainty and fear it has cast over the region,” he said.
He described the risk that Yemen could be drawn into a broader regional confrontation after Ansar Allah’s attacks on Israel in late March, but said Yemen has so far avoided full escalation. Grundberg said he has…
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