UN envoy reports on progress towards Yemen peace agreement

Warring parties continue to make progress in efforts towards ending the nearly decade-long conflict in Yemen, though outstanding issues remain, the UN Security Council heard on Wednesday.   https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/05/1136752
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Security Council calls for intensifying efforts to expand Yemen truce

12 Sep 2022

The UN Security Council has urged warring parties in Yemen to urgently intensify negotiations towards expanding their historic truce, according to a statement issued on Monday. 

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Yemen: UN envoy outlines achievements and challenges in truce implementation

11 Jul 2022

Although the UN-brokered truce between the Yemeni Government and Houthi rebels continues to hold, the key issue of road openings remains outstanding, while the country’s “humanitarian catastrophe” is set to worsen, the Security Council heard on Monday. 

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Yemen: Recent uptick in fighting contradicts desire for peace

18 Feb 2020

A recent escalation in fighting between warring parties in Yemen contradicts their stated desire to peacefully end nearly five years of conflict, UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths said in a briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday.