{"id":21141,"date":"2018-11-05T07:22:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T07:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=21141"},"modified":"2018-11-05T07:22:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T07:22:56","slug":"uk-to-urge-security-council-action-over-yemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=21141","title":{"rendered":"UK to urge Security Council action over Yemen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Monday, the UK<\/a> announced it was urging UN Security Council to act over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen<\/a>, saying there now “appears to be a window” for a peace deal.<\/p>\n

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt agreed with the UN’s Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths “that the time was right for the Council to act to bolster the UN-led process”, according to a Foreign Office statement.<\/p>\n

“For too long in the Yemen conflict, both sides have believed a military solution is possible with catastrophic consequences for the people,” said Hunt.<\/p>\n

“Now, for the first time, there appears to be a window in which both sides can be encouraged to come to the table, stop the killing and find a political solution that is the only long-term way out of disaster.”<\/p>\n

The conflict that began in 2014 has killed at least 10,000 people – a number that is likely far higher – and caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Britain will use “all its influence to push for such an approach”, Hunt added, saying there was “a small but real chance that a cessation of hostilities could alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people”.<\/p>\n

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres<\/a> on Friday called for a halt to violence in Yemen<\/a> to pull the country back from a “precipice” and build momentum towards talks on ending the war.<\/p>\n

Conflict-ravaged Yemen has become a “living hell” for children with thousands dying every year from malnutrition and easily preventable diseases, a top UN official said Sunday.<\/p>\n

According to UNICEF, 1.8 million Yemeni children under the age of five suffer from acute malnutrition, and the lives of 400,000 severely affected children are under threat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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