UN General Assembly
2023

When I spoke here a year ago from this rostrum, the State’s general budget was achieving the best indicators since the outbreak of the war. We were able to launch promising programmes to improve services and create job opportunities, but the momentum was halted and remains paralysed by Houthi terrorist attacks on oil installations that have put the country on the brink of a comprehensive humanitarian crisis. I take this opportunity to say that, without the generous support that the Government received from our brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last month through a financial grant of $1.2 billion in support of the State’s general budget, the Government would have been unable to meet its basic obligations, including the payment of salaries. In that context, we also note the humanitarian and development funding and pledges from our brothers in the United Arab Emirates, our friends in the United States of America, the European Union countries, the United Kingdom and the rest of the regional and international partners.