S - Security Council - Letter dated 3 June 2021 from the Secretary-General addressed to

Despite the significant challenges faced over the reporting period, the Hudaydah Agreement and the related ceasefire have continued to be characterized by: (a) an overall and firm reduction of violence across the governorate despite the continuation of fighting; (b) the safety and partial functioning of the Red Sea ports, enabling the receiving and offloading of vessels; and (c) conditions conduci. [...] The aim of the proposal is to achieve the following objectives: (a) the ability for UNMHA to equally access and provide support to both parties; (b) the ability of both parties to gain access to UNMHA headquarters, including in support of the future re-activation of the joint operations centre and other ceasefire enhancement and de-escalation mechanisms; (c) the opening of access across the front. [...] Although setbacks have occurred in the past year, the Agreement has continued to remain critical to maintaining stability in the city of Hudaydah and to ensuring the sustained protection and operation of its ports and the reduction of violence across the governorate. [...] It is critical, however, that uncertainty about peace prospects on the national level do not stand in the way of the commitment of the parties to re-engage with the Committee and to advance the implementation of the Agreement, which remains central to the cessation of hostilities in Hudaydah. [...] High-level engagement with the political leadership on both sides, along with regional and international stakeholders, with the support of and in coordination with the Office of the Special Envoy, is critical to achieving that objective, as demonstrated by the efforts undertaken to defuse the major escalation of hostilities in the governorate in October 2020.