Very important: Read Houthi’s Statment to the Secretary-General of the UN and The UN Security Council

On March 26, 2015, the countries of aggression started their military operations against the Republic of Yemen. This declaration of war was announced by the leading country of the aggression, [the United States of America]. Many countries joined this unjust coalition officially such as the United States, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, U.K., Israel, Bahrain, and many other countries [Arabic and non-Arabic], which either participate directly or support the war against the sovereign nation [of Yemen], and one of the founders of the General Assembly of the United Nations — this aggression that was initiated without any legal foundation or mandates from the UN.

Although this aggression, the use of military force, and the use of all kind of weapons including internationally-banned weapons against the civilians and the civilian infrastructures by the air, land, and sea, and deliberately committing thousands of violations, also imposing intentionally an aerial siege and sea blockade against the Yemeni people — we as leaders, Yemeni Figures, and Yemeni civilians were working even before the military operation on solving the internal complications between the different groups.

We stood in opposition to the coup against the resolutions of the Security Council. As a result of this work, we were able to achieve and establish a technocratic government, led by the ex-prime minister, Khalid Bahah, in which we used constructive dialogues and consensus among all different parties. We reached an agreement that was documented in Movenpick [Switzerland] negotiations under the auspices of the United Nations.

This power-sharing with all sides agreement and the political transition was interrupted by the military intervention and this was mentioned by the former UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Mr. Jamal Benomar, in his last statement in front of the Security Council. And we kept looking for solutions with responsibility from the beginning of this aggression and are still doing that until the present moment.

We offered many compromises and peace initiatives in Switzerland and Kuwait negotiations and the other side rejected them. We welcomed all initiatives and ceasefires, which were declared and then violated by the other side; moreover, they used them [the ceasefires] to escalate their military operations.

Today, after the international community reached a full consensus, the Security Council declared that the solution in Yemen is a political solution. Out of our concern of the values of the Yemeni blood, human health, and our religious values, in addition to the respect of holy months and responding to all the peace initiatives by some Arab figures — and also the peace efforts by Mr. Martin Griffiths, the special envoy of the secretary-general for Yemen — we declared our peace initiative by calling upon the Yemeni officials to stop all military operations in the sea battlefronts – to become a complete ceasefire on all the battlefronts if the coalition will respond with the same action, as we hope they will do if they are really considering peace for the Yemeni people who are still suffering, because of the blockade and the aggression, a humanitarian crisis considered to be the worst in the world, especially now with such high level of famine and spread of epidemics