Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the UK plans next to use its penholder status to table a new humanitarian draft resolution on Yemen at the UN Security Council.

On Friday 21 December 2018, the UN Security Council voted unanimously to adopt Security Council Resolution 2451, a UK-led resolution to bolster the UN Yemen peace process and address the humanitarian situation in Yemen. Later on 16 January 2019, UN Security Council Resolution 2452 was unanimously agreed. It was drafted by the UK and establishes a six month UN mission to monitor and support implementation of the Hodeidah ceasefire and redeployment of forces. We encourage both parties to proactively follow through on their obligations under these Security Council Resolutions and will continue to use our role as penholder to support the UN-led political process.