Yemen: As conflict drags on, ‘no quick wins’, says UN envoy Hans Grundberg
Yemen: As conflict drags on, ‘no quick wins’, says UN envoy Hans Grundberg
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United Nations: The complexities of the years-long war in Yemen “multiply as the conflict drags on”, the country’s new UN envoy told the Security Council on Friday. He said that he was “under no illusions about the difficulty of the task” at hand.  New UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg has vowed to revitalise the peace process by engaging with the parties to conflict and regional and international players.

"By now, it should be obvious that the peace process has stalled for too long. The conflict parties have not discussed a comprehensive settlement since 2016. This has left Yemenis stuck in an indefinite state of war, with no clear way forward," he told the Security Council in his first briefing as the top UN envoy for Yemen.

It is therefore long overdue for the parties to engage in peaceful dialogue under UN facilitation to discuss the terms of an overarching settlement, in good faith and without preconditions, Grundberg said.

He pledged to spare no effort in trying to bring together actors across conflict lines, to engage Yemenis from all political perspectives and societal components and from all parts of the country, to discuss under UN auspices how they can find common ground and resolve their differences without resorting to force.

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