Security Council resolution 2505 (2020) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) until 15 July 2020]
Symbol: S/RES/2505 (2020)
Date: 2020-01-13
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/75 [58] YEMEN--POLITICAL CONDITIONS
S/ X The situation in the Middle East.
Subjects: UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement|Stockholm Agreement (2018)|SPECIAL MISSIONS|PEACE AGREEMENTS|CEASEFIRES|TRUCE SUPERVISION|YEMEN
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
vote: yes
country: ESTONIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GERMANY
vote: yes
country: INDONESIA
vote: yes
country: NIGER
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
vote: yes
country: SOUTH AFRICA
vote: yes
country: TUNISIA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                S/RES/2505 (2020)
               Security Council                                              Distr.: General
                                                                             13 January 2020




               Resolution 2505 (2020)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8701st meeting, on
               13 January 2020

                    The Security Council,
                    Recalling its resolutions 2014 (2011), 2051 (2012), 2140 (2014), 2175 (2014),
               2201 (2015), 2204 (2015), 2216 (2015), 2266 (2016), 2342 (2017), 2402 (2018), 2451
               (2018), 2452 (2019) and 2481 (2019), and the Statements of its President of
               15 February 2013, 29 August 2014, 22 March 2015, 25 April 2016, 15 June 2017 and
               15 March 2018 concerning Yemen,
                    Having considered the letters of the Secretary-General to the President of the
               Security Council of 31 December 2018, 12 June 2019 and 14 October 2019, circulated
               as S/2019/28, S/2019/485, and S/2019/823 respectively, which were submitted
               pursuant to its resolutions 2451 (2018) and 2452 (2019),
                     Reaffirming its strong commitment to the unity, sovereignty, independence and
               territorial integrity of Yemen and its commitment to stand by the people of Yemen,
                     Reaffirming its endorsement of the agreement reached in Sweden by the
               Government of Yemen and the Houthis on the City of Hodeidah and the Ports of
               Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Issa (the Hodeidah Agreement), and reiterating its call on
               the parties to implement it,
                     1.   Decides to extend until 15 July 2020 the mandate of the United Nations
               Mission to support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), to support the
               implementation of the Agreement on the City of Hodeidah and Ports of Hodeidah,
               Salif and Ras Issa as set out in the Stockholm Agreement, circulated as S/2018/1134;
                     2.   Decides further that, to support the parties in implementing their
               commitments in accordance with the Hodeidah Agreement, UNMHA shall undertake
               the following mandate:
                    (a) to lead, and support the functioning of, the Redeployment Coordination
               Committee (RCC), assisted by a secretariat staffed by United Nations personnel, to
               oversee the governorate-wide ceasefire, redeployment of forces, and mine action
               operations,
                     (b) to monitor the compliance of the parties to the ceasefire in Hodeidah
               governorate and the mutual redeployment of forces from the city of Hodeidah and the
               ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Issa,




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                    (c) to work with the parties so that the security of the city of Hodeidah and
               the ports of Hodeidah, Salif, and Ras Issa is assured by local security forces in
               accordance with Yemeni law, and
                     (d) to facilitate and coordinate United Nations support to assist the parties to
               fully implement the Hodeidah Agreement;
                    3.    Reiterates its approval of the proposals of the Secretary-General on the
               composition and operational aspects of UNMHA set out in the annex to his letter of
               31 December 2018 to the President of the Council, and notes that the Mission will be
               headed by the Chair of the RCC at Assistant-Secretary-General level, reporting to the
               Secretary-General through the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Yemen and
               the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs;
                     4.    Underlines the importance of close collaboration and co-ordination
               between all United Nations entities operating in Yemen in order to prevent duplication
               of effort and to maximise the leveraging of existing resources, including the Office
               of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY), the
               Resident/Humanitarian Co-ordinator and the UN Country Team in Yemen, UNMHA
               and the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM);
                    5.    Requests the Secretary-General to fully deploy UNMHA expeditiously,
               and calls on the parties to the Hodeidah Agreement to support the United Nations as
               set out in S/2019/28, including by ensuring the safety and security of UNMHA
               personnel, and the unhindered and expeditious movement into and within Yemen of
               UNMHA personnel and equipment, provisions and essential supplies;
                    6.   Requests Member States, particularly neighbouring States, to support the
               United Nations as required for the implementation of UNMHA’s mandate;
                    7.    Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Security Council on a
               monthly basis on progress regarding the implementation of this resolution, including
               on any obstructions to the effective operation of UNMHA caused by any party; and
               on resolution 2451 (2018), including on any non-compliance by any party;
                    8.    Further requests the Secretary-General to present to the Council a further
               review of UNMHA, at least one month before UNMHA’s mandate is due to expire;
                    9.    Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.




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