{"id":26776,"date":"2018-12-24T16:23:20","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T16:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=26776"},"modified":"2018-12-24T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T16:23:20","slug":"un-cease-fire-monitor-head-visits-hodeidah-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=26776","title":{"rendered":"UN cease-fire monitor head visits Hodeidah port"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1425106\/middle-east\" readability=\"47\">\n<p>\nHODEIDAH: The head of the United Nations team tasked with monitoring a fragile cease-fire in the flashpoint city of Hodeidah on Monday visited its lifeline docks, a port official said.<br \/>Retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert also called on Yemen\u2019s warring sides to respect the hard-won truce agreed this month in Sweden, Hodeida port deputy director Yehya Sharafeddin said.<br \/>Cammaert visited the docks through which the majority of imports and humanitarian aid enter war-torn Yemen, Sharafeddin said.<br \/>\u201cThe (UN) official promised us that the war will end,\u201d he told AFP by phone.<br \/>\u201cHe said the Yemen war had been forgotten for years but that the international community is now adamant about ending it,\u201d Sharafeddin added.<br \/>Cammaert is heading a joint committee including members of the government and the Houthi militia, in charge of monitoring a truce in the vital Red Sea city and its surroundings.<br \/>Cammaert arrived in Hodeidah from Sanaa after meeting with government officials in Aden.<br \/>Yemen\u2019s warring sides agreed on a cease-fire to halt a devastating offensive by government forces and an allied Saudi-led coalition against Iran-allied Houthi-held Hodeidah at peace talks in Sweden this month.<br \/>According to the UN he will chair on Wednesday a meeting of a joint committee including members of the government and the Houthi militia, in charge of monitoring a truce in the vital Red Sea port.<br \/>That meeting will be \u201cone of the priorities\u201d of Cammaert\u2019s mission, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Sunday.<br \/>The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the deployment of observers to Hodeidah to monitor the truce that came into effect last week.<br \/>Sharafeddin said that Cammaert \u201cstressed the importance of implementing the agreement\u201d and will visit \u201cbattlefronts (in the city) at a later time\u201d.<br \/>The cease-fire was agreed at peace talks in Sweden earlier this month following intense diplomatic efforts led by the UN.<br \/>But the truce has remained shaky, with both sides accusing each other of violations in Hodeidah province.<br \/>The UN monitoring team aims to secure the functioning of Hodeidah port and supervise the withdrawal of fighters from the city.<br \/>Around 10,000 people have been killed since the conflict began, according to the World Health Organization, although rights groups say the death toll could be five times higher.<br \/>The conflict has unleashed a major humanitarian crisis and pushed 14 million Yemenis to the brink of famine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HODEIDAH: The head of the United Nations team tasked with monitoring a fragile cease-fire in the flashpoint city of Hodeidah on Monday visited its lifeline docks, a port official said.Retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert also called on Yemen\u2019s warring sides to respect the hard-won truce agreed this month in Sweden, Hodeida port deputy director 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