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UN / YEMEN UPDATE
TRT: 00:42
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 APRIL 2020, NEW YORK CITY
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1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
06 APRIL 2020, NEW YORK CITY
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“The Special Envoy, Mr. Griffiths did share on Friday with the Government of Yemen and Ansar Allah the UN’s revised proposals for agreements on nation-wide ceasefire, on key economic and humanitarian measures, and the urgent resumption of the political process. And he urged the parties to accept these proposed agreements without delay and begin working together through a formal political process to comprehensively end the war. The international community stands ready to provide support and assurances to the process. And Mr. Griffiths stressed that the announcement of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Yemen makes it even more imperative to stop the fighting immediately.
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, on Friday (10 Apr) shared the UN’s revised proposals for agreements with the Government of Yemen and Ansar Allah, a UN spokesperson told reporters today (13 Apr).
Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, said the proposals are for agreements “on nation-wide ceasefire, on key economic and humanitarian measures, and the urgent resumption of the political process.
Haq said Griffiths had “urged the parties to accept these proposed agreements without delay and begin working together through a formal political process to comprehensively end the war.”
The international community, he said, “stands ready to provide support and assurances to the process.”
Haq said Griffiths had also stressed “that the announcement of the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Yemen makes it even more imperative to stop the fighting immediately.
Also on Friday, the Security Council endorsed the Secretary-General’s call of 25 March for those fighting in Yemen to immediately cease hostilities, focus on reaching a negotiated political settlement, and to do everything possible to counter an outbreak of COVID-19.
