The UN Security Council extended the sanctions imposed on Yemen until Nov. 15, including the arms embargo on several Houthi leaders, classified as a terrorist entity under UN Resolution 2624.
The Council also extended the mandate of the panel of experts tasked with managing the sanctions until Dec. 15.
The 15 members voted unanimously on Resolution No. 2675 to technically extend the previous resolution that imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on the Houthis, described as entities threatening peace, security, and stability in Yemen.
It also accused the Houthis of attacking civilians and civil infrastructure in Yemen, targeting tankers in the Red Sea using explosives and naval mines, and repeatedly committing cross-border terrorist attacks.
The Council accused the Houthis of attacking civilians and infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The new vote technically extended the former decision and maintained its classification of the Houthi militia as a "terrorist group."
It also condemns their cross-border terrorist attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
It called for immediate measures to stop such attacks and the inclusion of the Houthis as an "entity" in the sanctions list within the UN's arms embargo.
The Security Council also held a closed consultation session in which Security Council members received a briefing on Yemen.
The briefers were Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya, and the head of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), Major General Michael Beary.
Diplomats reported that Grundberg told Council members that Yemen was still witnessing the most prolonged period of calm in the fighting since the start of the UN-led ceasefire between the Yemeni government and the Houthi group in Apr. 2022, despite the failure of the two parties to renew the agreement in early Oct. 2022.
The Special Envoy addressed diplomatic efforts and his visits to Saudi Arabia to discuss progress toward a national ceasefire and a comprehensive political process by the Yemenis under the auspices of the United Nations.
He also briefed the meeting on his talks with the head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, in Aden, and Omani officials and chief Houthi negotiator Mohammed Abdulsalam in Muscat.
