HE Dr Nayef Falah M. Al Hajraf, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), has welcomed Resolution 2624 issued by the Security Council on Monday (February 28, 2022), which classified the Houthi militia in Yemen as a terrorist group and included it in the sanctions list, in addition to the Security Council imposing an arms embargo on the militia.
HE the Secretary General affirmed his aspiration that this resolution would contribute to ending the activities of the Houthi militia and stopping the supply of this terrorist organisation with missiles, weapons and drones that target civilians and economic facilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and the bloodshed of the Yemeni people.
Furthermore, HE Dr Al Hajraf stated that the issuance of this resolution by the Security Council comes as an affirmation of the importance that the international community, represented by the Security Council, attaches to the Yemeni crisis, which was created by the Houthi militia through its coup against the constitutional legitimacy. He also reaffirmed the solid stance of the GCC to end the crisis in Yemen and support the efforts exerted to reach a comprehensive political solution to the crisis, in accordance with the three references represented in the GCC initiative and its Executive Mechanism, the outcomes of the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference (NDC) and the Security Council resolution 2216.
HE the Secretary General urged the Houthi militia to respond to the calls for a ceasefire and to engage positively in the efforts made by the United Nations and its Special Envoy to Yemen to resume political consultations between the Yemeni parties in order to achieve security and stability for Yemen, and to address the deteriorating humanitarian conditions resulting from the Houthi militia’s continued practices in besieging cities and preventing humanitarian aid from reaching Yemeni areas in need.