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Yemeni peace talks extended for another week – UN envoy

In Yemen, internally displaced children stand outside their family tent after the family fled their home in Saada province and found refuge in Darwin camp, in the northern province of Amran. PhotO: UNHCR/Yahya Arhab

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30 July 2016 – With all eyes on Yemeni peace negotiations, the United Nations envoy for the country announced today that the UN-supported talks under way in Kuwait have been extended for an additional week.

“We hope that the delegations can utilize this remaining week to achieve progress on the path towards peace,” said Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Yemen, the Special Envoy, who earlier today presented to the parties a proposal for a political solution that draws on the common ground achieved in the preceding weeks.

He had requested the extension in a letter to the Government of Kuwait, the host of the peace talks, and met with Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, to review the latest developments and the plans for the coming days.

In mid-July, Mr. Ould Cheikh Ahmed appealed to the parties, stating that “the time has come for you to take definitive decisions that demonstrate to the Yemeni people the sincerity of your intentions and your national obligations.”

Vast swathes of war-torn Yemen – 19 out of 22 governorates – are facing severe food insecurity, and the situation within affected areas is likely to deteriorate if conflict persists, according to a new assessment by the United Nations and partners.

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