The UN Envoy to Yemen Jamal bin Omer has hailed the role played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia towards Yemen, confirming that the Kingdom was the first nation to accomplish its pledges made at the Conference of Yemen Friends, held last year in Riyadh. According to Yemen News Agency, the UN envoy said that the Kingdom played an effective role in solving the crisis that emerged in Yemen, in 2011, in regard of carrying out the GCC initiative and its executive mechanism.