UN says Yemen’s warring parties agree to a much-delayed pullback from Hudaida
Violations and lengthy delays in implementing the agreement reached in Sweden have been blamed by the UN and diplomats largely on the lack of trust. Nonetheless, there has been concerted international pressure on the parties to implement the Hudaida deal, which is widely seen as a crucial first step toward much more difficult negotiations to end the war.
"We will now move with all speed towards resolving the final outstanding issues related to phase two and the status of local security forces," Griffiths said.Griffiths reminded the council that when he first briefed members almost a year ago he said "a political solution was available to resolve the conflict," but added "that at any time war can take the chance of peace off the table.
He said front-lines are now just a few kilometres from the main water source in Hajjah's Abs District, which serves about 200,000 people, and if fighting damages or cuts off the facility "we could very quickly see a major catastrophe." If fighting moves south to the Hudaida border, "up to 400,000 more people could be displaced," he added.
In addition, Lowcock said, more than 3,300 diphtheria cases have been reported since 2018, the first outbreak in Yemen since 1982, and new measles cases surged earlier this year to nearly twice the levels reported at the same time in 2018 – "itself a record-breaking year."
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