On December 19, local time, the UN Secretary General issued a statement through Spokesman Dijalik saying that he strongly condemned the arbitrary detention of 10 UN staff members by the Yemeni Houthis again on December 18, bringing the total number of detained UN personnel to 69. The statement pointed out that this act made it unsustainable for the United Nations to carry out humanitarian aid work in areas controlled by the Houthis, directly affected millions of people in urgent need of assistance, and seriously limited their access to life-saving aid.

On December 19, local time, the UN Secretary General issued a statement through Spokesman Dijalik saying that he strongly condemned the arbitrary detention of 10 UN staff members by the Yemeni Houthis again on December 18, bringing the total number of detained UN personnel to 69. The statement pointed out that this act made it unsustainable for the United Nations to carry out humanitarian aid work in areas controlled by the Houthis, directly affected millions of people in urgent need of assistance, and seriously limited their access to life-saving aid.