Middle East & North Africa
UN Security Council hears Yemen sanctions committee report: 10 individuals and one entity listed, eight Panel of Experts recommendations pending
The Security Council heard the annual report of its Yemen sanctions committee on 5 November: three consultations, a final Panel of Experts report with eight recommendations, and 10 individuals and one entity on the list.
The UN Security Council heard on 5 November the annual report of the committee that oversees sanctions on Yemen. According to the UN meetings-coverage release, the report was presented on behalf of the committee chair by the delegate of Latvia, which holds the Council presidency for the month.
What the committee reported
The committee was established under resolution 2140 (2014). The report covers its work from 6 November 2025 to 5 November 2026. In that period it held three informal consultations, on 8 May, 31 August and 22 October, and handled other business through written procedures, the UN said.
At the 8 May meeting the committee heard the Panel of Experts present its midterm update and discussed two recommendations in it. The committee agreed to take follow-up action on both. On 31 August the Panel presented two ad hoc reports requested under paragraphs 15 and 16 of resolution 2801 (2025): one on dual-use items and precursor chemicals, the other on information-sharing and the capacity of vessel flag States. The committee discussed several recommendations and said it will consider follow-up on those addressed to it.
On 22 October the Panel presented its final report, and the committee discussed the eight recommendations it contains. According to the UN release, the committee will consider follow-up action on them. The Council president also recalled that the committee’s annual report for 2025 was issued on 31 December as document S/2025/826.
The sanctions list today
“As of today, there are 10 individuals and one entity on the sanctions list of the Committee,” the Council president told the meeting, as quoted in the UN release.
Why the subjects matter now
The release does not say which findings the committee will act on, or when, and it does not describe the contents of the Panel’s reports beyond their subjects and the number of recommendations.
Elsewhere in the conflict, the Yemeni government has said its forces are advancing in the al-Jawf highlands (see Yemen: government forces say they are advancing in the al-Jawf highlands, with air strikes on a Houthi launcher and fighting in Lahij), and the UN has warned of a humanitarian emergency around Taiz (see Yemen: UN says all roads into Taiz are closed, nearly 250,000 have lost essential healthcare and 12 hospitals are at risk). Those are claims and findings by the parties and the UN respectively; the sanctions committee’s report does not address them.
Source: UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases, SC/16501, 5 November 2026 (press.un.org). The release is for information media and is not an official record.
