the leadership of the UN and the security council has followed closely the ongoing peace talks on Yemen in the past week have been going on Johannesbergs slott in Rimbo.
On Wednesday evening lands the UN secretary-general in Stockholm, experience DN. The visit has been determined in the last few days.
Late Tuesday also confirmed the UN to Guterres comes to Sweden to participate in Thursday’s call.
”the Secretary-general shall hold meetings with the two delegations and will address the closing part of these talks,” writes the UN in a message.
is better than expected, and Said the presence is supposed to provide them with additional support – but at the same time put pressure on the parties to reach concrete results in the many difficult and complex issues on the agenda.
the Visit can be seen as a sign from the highest place on the how priority Jemenfrågan is for the united nations.
the peace talks led by the UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths. At a press conference yesterday praised Griffiths the parties – the saudistödda regeringssidan and rebellsidan, huthierna – to speak openly and concretely in a wide variety of issues. The two sides have the two large delegations on the spot, who have been split up in working groups.
still in Yemen, and the civilian population is suffering badly.
the Talks are scheduled to last on Thursday, but the hope is to make Stockholm a starting point for a longer process. The parties, before leaving Sweden, you should have agreed on a ”road map”, a more planned way, for a peace process, ” said Martin Griffiths on Monday. In addition, specific goals and steps along the way have been formulated prior to terminating.
on Tuesday, the parties agreed, more details in the fångutväxling which was announced already when the talks began last week. Around 16.000 prisoners will now be released in the beginning of next year. The united nations has received the names of about as many names from each page.
include the port of Hodeidah, which is vital in order to get supplies in Yemen, and the airport in Sanaa. A proposal that the UN should take over control of the port, but no agreement on this yet.
Also the economy of the country is a disaster, with a currency that has lost greatly in value and rising prices of food and fuel.
the War in Yemen has so far killed over 60,000 people, and the killing has continued despite the talks. In the past month have 3,000 people lost their lives, according to an organization that examines the armed conflict.
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