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The United Nations Security Council voted today to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) for an additional six and a half months, until January 28, 2026. The resolution passed unanimously, despite clear divisions among international actors over the mission’s future and its role in Yemen’s shifting landscape.
The resolution was drafted by the United Kingdom, which holds the Yemen file within the Security Council, in an effort to maintain a minimal level of balance in Hodeidah province amid rapidly evolving military and political developments.
The extension aims to preserve UNMHA as a UN monitoring mechanism, continuing its mission to oversee the ceasefire, supervise the redeployment of forces, and facilitate the movement of humanitarian and logistical aid through the Port of Hodeidah, in accordance with the Stockholm Agreement signed in late 2018.
The Security Council decision ran counter to the position of the United States, which had explicitly called for the termination of the mission’s mandate.
Dorothy Shea, the U.S. Deputy Representative to the United Nations, stated that the mission’s role had become “obsolete,” arguing that developments on the ground in Hodeidah had long surpassed the mission’s limited mandate and capabilities.
