Aden, 6 January 2024 – This statement is attributable to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, ad interim, for Yemen, Peter Hawkins. I am shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the appalling...
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The Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen reaffirms relief agencies’ commitment to the people of Yemen, their lives, their dignity, their protection and their resilience [EN/AR]
Press Statement On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, reaffirms the UN and relief agencies’ commitment to the people of Yemen, their lives,...
Statement on the killing of humanitarian worker in Turbah [EN/AR]
Hodeidah, 22 July 2023 – This statement on the attack by gunmen yesterday on World Food Programme staff members in Turbah in the Taiz governorate of Yemen is attributable to the UN Resident and...
UN Operation Underway to Prevent Catastrophic Oil Spill in Red Sea [EN/AR]
Salvage vessel arrived today at site of decaying supertanker off Yemen’s Ras Issa peninsula to prepare for removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil. Funding still urgently required to complete...
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Remarks at the pledging event for the FSO Safer operation co-hosted by the Netherlands and the United Kingdom [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 04 May 2023 – The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, delivered the following remarks today at the online pledging event for the FSO Safer operation co-hosted...
UN Yemen Country Results Report 2022
Yemen has been embroiled in an eight-yearlong armed conflict that has resulted in increased economic turmoil, human displacement, infrastructure damage, and widespread suffering. By the end of the...
United Nations Takes Next Major Step to Prevent Catastrophic Oil Spill in Red Sea
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 20 April 2023 – In the latest critical step towards preventing a massive oil spill off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, the global leading maritime services company Boskalis’s...
Statement: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator on the tragic stampede in Sana’a [EN/AR]
OFFICE OF THE RESIDENT COORDINATOR AND HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR YEMEN Sana’a, 20 April 2023 – The following is attributable to the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David...
United Nations Takes Major Step Forward to Prevent Catastrophic Oil Spill in Red Sea as UN Development Programme Signs Agreement to Purchase Oil Tanker [EN/AR]
Purchase of vessel is a critical development in operation to remove more than a million barrels of oil from decaying supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. Funding still urgently needed to complete...
Explainer: The world is acting to prevent catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea (1 March 2023)
Moored off the Red Sea coast of Yemen, the FSO Safer is a rapidly decaying supertanker holding four times the amount of oil the Exxon Valdez spilled. It could break up or explode at any time,...
Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen urges conflict parties to heed calls for truce extension [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 4 October 2022 – The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, urged the parties to Yemen’s conflict to build on the gains achieved over the last six months and...
HSA Group pledges US$1.2 million to support the UN’s emergency FSO SAFER appeal
HSA Group, Yemen’s largest private company, becomes the first private sector organisation to donate to the UN’s appeal Funding will go towards the UN’s plan to transfer over one million barrels of...
In Yemen, humanitarian workers save lives every day [EN/AR]
Sana’a, 19 August 2022 – Each year, the United Nations and aid agencies mark World Humanitarian Day on 19 August to advocate for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises, and...
Statement: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, David Gressly, opening remarks at the Sana’a Center online briefing on the UN-coordinated plan to address the threat of the FSO Safer 13 June 2022 [EN/AR]
I would like to thank you and the Sana’a Center for the opportunity to reach out to all of the media that’s online. And I look forward to answering questions as we go forward this afternoon. I would...
FSO Safer: Operational Plan (April 2022) [EN/AR]
1. The FSO Safer: a problem and its solution 1.1. The problem The Floating Storage and Offloading Unit (FSO) Safer is moored approximately 4.8 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen. Constructed in...
Pledging event raises $33 million to address threat of massive oil spill in Red Sea [EN/AR]
More funding is still urgently needed to start emergency operation to remove oil from the FSO Safer The Hague, 11 May 2022 – The Government of the Netherlands and the United Nations co-hosted a...
Explainer: World can act now to prevent catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea
Moored off the Red Sea coast of Yemen, the FSO Safer is a rapidly decaying supertanker holding four times the amount of oil the Exxon Valdez spilled. The vessel is at imminent risk of a major spill,...
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UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen David Gressly Remarks on the UN-coordinated plan to address the threat posed by the FSO Safer [EN/AR]
Secretary-General’s Spokesperson’s noon briefing, New York, 8 April 2022 – near verbatim Good afternoon everyone, I wanted to speak primarily about the FSO Safer tanker, which I know has been in the...
Statement by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen David Gressly [EN/AR]
Amman/Sana’a, 25 January 2021– We are alarmed by the escalating spiral of violence in Yemen that continues to harm civilians and is spilling over its borders. January will almost certainly be a...
Office of the Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen: Statement on communications equipment for Sana'a international airport [EN/AR]
Sana'a, 31 December 2021 – The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, David Gressly, made the following statement today: Sana'a international airport is critical for aid operations in...