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LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 JUNE 2016, NEW YORK CITY / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior
21 JUNE 2016, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council chambers
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“Over the previous period of the talks, the parties unanimously agreed on the necessity of reaching a peaceful solution to put an end to the conflict in Yemen. The parties have met directly in several sessions and agreed on solid foundations to build on. A number of prisoners and detainees, including children, have been released. The cessation of hostilities has allowed humanitarian aid to reach areas that were previously not accessible.”
4. Med shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“Despite all the hope brought by the peace talks taking place in Kuwait, we noticed a severe decline in living conditions for people throughout Yemen due primarily to a lack of basic services. High temperatures and the lack of electricity in Aden, Hodayda and elsewhere have exacerbated the health crisis in these areas and caused a number of preventable deaths.”
6. Med shot, representatives
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen:
“What is required now is making national interest prevail by showing political courage and making the concessions necessary by all parties to reach a comprehensive agreement that will preserve the safety of the country and its citizens and bring safety and ease back to Yemen.”
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Alyemany, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Yemen:
“Withdrawing and handing over heavy and moderate weapons to the state in all areas of the country; the departure of the Houthi militias which have been inserted into all the security and military institutions; voiding the constitutional declaration and all the results of what is called the revolutionary council; the return of the government and state institutions to the capitol to carry out its duties and correcting all the divergences in the state’s administrative apparatus that resulted from the rebellion.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khaled Alyemany, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Yemen:
“The Houthi and Saleh Militias freed 52 memebrs of Al-Qaeda during the months of April and May from national security prisons. It also recently freed the rest of the detained members. These people as you know were charged by courts and a final decision was made. This only confirms the relationship between Al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula and the Houthi and Saleh Militia.”
FILE – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
11. Wide shot, Palais des Nations
21 JUNE 2016, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Bettina Lüscher, Spokesperson, World Food Programme (WFP):
“WFP needs $238 million to do this over the next few months. So it’s a dire situation. It’s one of the hardest places on earth, with some of the biggest humanitarian crises on earth, and we want to raise awareness about it.”
13. Wide shot, reporters
The United Nations Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Chiekh Ahmed said parties to the peace talks taking place in Kuwait unanimously agreed on the necessity of reaching a peaceful solution to end to the conflict in the country. Briefing the Security Council today (21 Jun) via video conference from Kuwait, Ould Chiekh said a solid foundation had been put to build on during the talks and a number of prisoners, including children, had been released.
The Special Envoy said the general atmosphere in the talks continued to be positive despite difficulties that needed to be addressed. He said parties had to put national interest first and show the political courage needed to reach an agreement that would “preserve the safety of the country and its citizens and bring safety and ease back to Yemen.”
Yemeni ambassador Khaled Alyemany said his government went to the Kuwait talks with “armed with faith in the great citizens of Yemen” in an effort to put an end to the suffering in the country. He said what his delegation put forward in Kuwait peace that was “sustainable” and not temporary solution that could regenerate a crisis in Yemen. He said the roadmap to the solution in Yemen must include handing over arms and the return of state institutions.
Alyemany said despite his government’s called for a complete ceasefire, Houthi rebels continue to escalate the situation militarily. He said the rebels had systematically destroyed the Yemeni economy and made deals with Al-Qaeda to smuggle weapons and oil.
Meanwhile, the World Food Programme (WFP) said 19 out of 22 governorates in Yemen were facing serve food insecurity. WFP said at least seven million people in the country were living under emergency levels of food insecurity.
WFP Spokesperson Bettina Lüscher told reporters in Geneva today (21 Jun), the Programme need $238 million to respond to the crisis over the next few months. She said the import restrictions have made it very difficult to get the food that Yemen needs into the country.
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