back in January, the security Council had decided: The ceasefire in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida to be monitored by dozens of UN observers. Now it is clear: Germany wants to participate.

The Federal government wants to make a German contingent for the UN observation mission UNMHA in the civil war, the country of Yemen ready. A corresponding decision will be prepared for tomorrow. This is apparent from documents available to the ARD-capital Studio. First of all, the dpa news Agency had reported about it. The quota is to include a total of a maximum of ten soldiers and police officers, and unarmed.

Hodeida is important for the supply of the civil war country.

The UN security Council had in January the green light for the time being on the six-month observation mission UNMHA to monitor a ceasefire in the strategically important port city of Hodeida. At the time, the adopted Resolution provides for the posting of 75 unarmed observers to the Region.

The ceasefire is let to a relaxation “of the dramatic humanitarian situation,” hope said, according to dpa in the direction of the Chairpersons of the parliamentary groups in the Bundestag defence Committee. It is now up to support the first steps of an exit from the military conflict. The United Nations has asked Germany in particular, to the military occupation of the post of “Director of evaluation” to be made in a first step.