UN-Secretary-General/Houthis/Red Sea
UN-Secretary-General/Houthis/Red Sea
Dateline : July 24, 2026/File
Location : United Nations
Duration : 1'20
FILE: U.N. Headquarters, New York City - Date Unknown (Unifeed - No access Chinese mainland/Not for sale)
1. United Nations headquarters, flags
U.N. Headquarters, New York City - July 24, 2026 (Unifeed - No access Chinese mainland/Not for sale)
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for U.N. secretary-general:
"The Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by the resumption of Houthi attacks on commercial vessels transiting in the Red Sea and the renewed threats to maritime navigation. The attacks on commercial vessels, claimed by the Houthis, risks further heightening regional tensions and widening of the current cycle of escalation with the potential to draw Yemen deeper into the regional conflict. Further hostilities in Yemen will undermine prospects for peace, and cause serious economic, humanitarian and environmental consequences across and beyond the region."
3. Press conference in progress
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for U.N. secretary-general:
"The Secretary-General calls for an immediate de-escalation and urges Houthis to refrain from any further attacks or other escalatory actions, in line with Security Council resolution 2722 and subsequent relevant resolutions concerning attacks against commercial vessels and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. International navigational rights and freedoms in and around Bab al-Mandab must be fully restored."
FILE: Sanaa, Yemen - July 9, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Yemeni national flag
FILE: Yemen - February 2024 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Port scene
The United Nations secretary-general has expressed deep alarm at the resumption of Houthi attacks on commercial vessels transiting in the Red Sea, warning that the assaults risk escalating regional tensions and undermining peace efforts in Yemen.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, U.N. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate de-escalation and urged the Houthis to halt further attacks on commercial shipping.
Dujarric said the attacks threaten to widen the current cycle of regional escalation, draw Yemen deeper into conflict, and have serious economic, humanitarian and environmental consequences.
"The Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by the resumption of Houthi attacks on commercial vessels transiting in the Red Sea and the renewed threats to maritime navigation. The attacks on commercial vessels, claimed by the Houthis, risks further heightening regional tensions and widening of the current cycle of escalation with the potential to draw Yemen deeper into the regional conflict. Further hostilities in Yemen will undermine prospects for peace, and cause serious economic, humanitarian and environmental consequences across and beyond the region," said Dujarric.
"The Secretary-General calls for an immediate de-escalation and urges Houthis to refrain from any further attacks or other escalatory actions, in line with Security Council resolution 2722 and subsequent relevant resolutions concerning attacks against commercial vessels and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea. International navigational rights and freedoms in and around Bab al-Mandab must be fully restored," said the spokesman.
The secretary-general also stressed that international navigational rights and freedoms in and around the Bab al-Mandab Strait must be fully restored, in line with Security Council Resolution 2722 and subsequent resolutions on freedom of navigation in the Red Sea.
ID : 8491209
Published : 2026-07-25 16:21
Last Modified : 2026-07-25 20:33:11
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