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03 June 2025 – This week he marked a year since dozens of United Nations staff, non -governmental organizations and civil society and diplomatic missions have been arbitrarily held by the Houthi authorities of Facto in northern Yemen. Others have been arrested since in 2021. Today, we reiterate our urgent demand for immediate and unconditional release.
To date, the staff of 23 United Nations and five international non -governmental organizations (Ingos) remain arbitrarily detained. Tragically, a member of the United Nations staff and another of Save The Children died in detention. Others lost their loved ones while they were detained, they denied the possibility of attending their funeral or greeting.
Our arbitrarily detained colleagues have spent at least 365 days – and for some, over 1000 days – isolated from their families, children, husbands and wives, in the flagrant violation of international law. The balance of this detention is also weighing heavily on their families, who continue to endure the unbearable pain of absence and uncertainty as they face another Eid without the loved one.
Nothing can justify their ordeal. They were doing their job, helping people in desperate need: people without food, accommodation or adequate health care.
Yemen remains one of the worst humanitarian crises of the world, with over 19 million people who need humanitarian assistance, many of whom are based on it for survival. A safe and qualifying operating environment for humanitarian operations, including the release of prisoners, is essential to maintain and restore assistance to the needy. Humanitarian workers should never be targeted or detained as they perform their mandates to serve the people of Yemen.
The prolonged detention of our colleagues has a chilling effect throughout the international community, undermining support for Yemen and hindering the humanitarian response. He also undermined mediation efforts for lasting peace.
We recognize the release of a United Nations staff and two NGOs and the recent liberation of a member of the embassy staff. We ask the de facto authorities to fulfill their previous commitments, including those made to the general manager of the World Health Organization during his mission in Sana’a in December 2024.
The United Nations and Ingos will continue to work through all possible channels to ensure the safe and immediate release of those who are detained arbitrarily.
Signatories:
Achim Steiner, administrator, undp
Amitabh Behar, an international executive director Oxfam
Audrey Azoulay, general manager of UNESCO
Catherine Russell, Unicef ​​executive director
Cindy McCain, executive director of the WFP
Hans Grundberg, special envoy of the United Nations Secretary General for Yemen
Ingner Ashing, CEO, Save the Children International
Michelle Nunn, President and CEO, Care
Tedros Ghebreyesus, general manager of Who
Volker Türk, High Commissioner for Human Rights
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