President Abdrabu Mansour Hadi said on Wednesday the comprehensive dialogue conference, scheduled for early November, will shape Yemen's future and bring solutions to all complex, pending problems and conflicts.
In his speech at the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Hadi said the dialogue will definitely lay the groundwork for a new civil state of Yemen that enjoys the respect for the law, equality and good management of the national resources in the best interest of all the Yemeni people.
"The door of the national dialogue is open to all Yemeni factions and the dialogue must address all issues and must be a good tool to straighten up the situation, correct the mistakes and achieve national reconciliation according to the UN resolution on that," he added.
Yemen is undergoing a two-year transitional period under a West-backed power-transfer deal, which was reached after the 2011 turmoil, and the UN resolutions backing the process.
Hadi is currently on his first overseas trip to European countries and the US. On Thursday, he will attend the meeting of Friends of Yemen in New York. Yemen pins hope on the meeting to get aid to bridge the financial gap during the two-year transitional period. Earlier this year, donors held a conference on Yemen in the Saudi capital Riyadh and pledged $6.4 billion in short-term aid to Yemen whose woes were deepened due to the latest developments including the 2011 unrest.
"The right way to address the situation in Yemen is supposed to be based on comprehensive understanding of all circumstances and indicators in the country, especially those related to its geography, history and the present and future challenges," he told the assembly.
"Yemen lies on the center of trade routes and waterways and is currently facing security challenges including maritime piracy, organized crime, terrorism and the continuous influx of African refugees," he said.
Hadi touched upon key challenges faced in Yemen at the moment saying unemployment is increasing among the people aged less than 30 years old who make up about 70% of the country's people.
He pointed to the unprecedented humanitarian crisis affecting about half of Yemen's 24 million population and threats posed by Al-Qaeda calling for international aid to help the country overcome all challenges.
Though Al-Qaeda has been weaker than ever before amid the continuous war on its militants across the country, Yemen still needs logistic and technical assistance from its partners to fight terrorism, he said. "Yemen is committed to eradicating the terrorist elements and demands help to dry up terrorism sources inside and outside the country".
Hadi affirmed that Yemen backs the demand of Palestine to get a full membership in the UN as he called on the international community to put an end to Israeli acts violating the international laws in Palestine. Furthermore, he called for an immediate, peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria.