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STORY: UN / YEMEN TRUCE ANNOUNCEMENT
TRT: 01:27
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01 APRIL 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT
RECENT - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters, exterior
01 APRIL 2022, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, spokesperson Farhan Haq walks up to podium
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Hans Grundberg, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, just announced that the parties to the conflict have responded positively to a United Nations proposal for a two-month Truce which comes into effect tomorrow, the 2nd of April, at 1900hrs. The parties accepted to halt all offensive military air, ground, and maritime operations inside Yemen and across its borders; they also agreed for fuel ships to enter into Hudaydah ports and commercial flights to operate in and out of Sana’a airport to predetermined destinations in the region; they further agreed to meet under the Special Envoy’s auspices to open roads in Taiz and other governorates in Yemen. The Truce can be renewed beyond the two-month period with the consent of the parties. Mr. Grundberg called on the parties to fully adhere to and respect the Truce and its elements and to take all necessary steps to immediately implement it.
He said that this Truce is a first and long overdue step. All Yemeni women, men, and children that have suffered immensely through over seven years of war expect nothing less than an end to this war. The parties must deliver nothing less. “
4. Wide shot, journalists, press room
Hans Grundberg, the Special Envoy for Yemen, announced Friday that the parties to the conflict have responded positively to a United Nations proposal for a two-month Truce which comes into effect Saturday 2 April at 19:00 hrs, said a UN spokesperson.
Reading a statement to reporters today (1 Apr) in New York, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said that “the parties accepted to halt all offensive military air, ground, and maritime operations inside Yemen and across its borders; they also agreed for fuel ships to enter into Hudaydah ports and commercial flights to operate in and out of Sana’a airport to predetermined destinations in the region; they further agreed to meet under the Special Envoy’s auspices to open roads in Taiz and other governorates in Yemen.”
He added that the Truce can be renewed beyond the two-month period with the consent of the parties.
Grundberg called on the parties to fully adhere to and respect the Truce and its elements and to take all necessary steps to immediately implement it.
He said that “this Truce is a first and long overdue step. All Yemeni women, men, and children that have suffered immensely through over seven years of war expect nothing less than an end to this war. The parties must deliver nothing less.”
