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UN envoy depicts picture of Yemen after agreement on UN-brokered talks

2021-04-16 10:10:09

UNITED NATIONS, April 15 (Xinhua) -- UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths on Thursday depicted a picture of Yemen in case of an agreement being reached in UN-brokered talks, as a message of encouragement.

"I want to spend a moment ... to look at what might happen the day after an agreement on those four points is made and I say this, as an encouragement to all those who can decide to agree or not to agree," he told the Security Council in a briefing.

In Hodeidah, impediments to the entry of ships will be lifted, allowing those ships carrying fuel and other crucial commodities to berth -- all of them -- and to discharge their cargo. Revenues from the tax on these ships will be put toward civil service salaries, he said.

Sanaa airport will see flights to international and national destinations. Students will come home. The sick will travel for medical treatment.

A nationwide cease-fire means that the guns will fall silent and the roads long blocked by front lines will open progressively for the passage of goods -- humanitarian first -- then for the free movement of people.

"Lastly, and I realize this is a hope, perhaps even a dream: the parties would agree with a date to the resumption of peace talks under the auspices of the United Nations. This political dialogue -- and we are ready and we are prepared -- will be inclusive, will be Yemeni-owned, will be Yemeni-led and will aim to sustainably and comprehensively end the conflict, the aspiration of the people as we so frequently are reminded," said Griffiths.

An agreement on the four points will allow for a normalization of life that has all too often seemed like a cruel hope for the people of Yemen, but for those in many other countries, a daily reality, a daily privilege, he said.

"Let us together call upon the parties not to disappoint, not us, but their own people, and instead deliver Yemen from its plight," he said. Enditem

 

Editor:Jiang Yiwei