Yemen: a new UN envoy to resolve a devastating conflict
More than two-thirds of Yemen's 30 million people, facing increased risk of epidemics and famine, depend on international aid.
REUTERS - KHALED ABDULLAH
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The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, announced the appointment of Swedish diplomat Hans Grundberg as new envoy for Yemen, after the departure of Briton Martin Griffiths who had noted the failure of negotiations to settle this devastating conflict.
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Like his predecessor, Mauritanian
Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed
,
Martin Griffiths
has failed to end the seven-year conflict between Houthi rebels close to Iran and the Yemeni government supported since 2015 by Saudi Arabia.
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António Guterres today announced the appointment of Swede Hans Grundberg as special envoy for Yemen,
" the UN said in a statement released Friday evening.
Ambassador of the European Union to Yemen since 2019, Mr. Grundberg “
brings more than 20 years of experience in international affairs, including more than 15 years of work in conflict resolution, negotiations and mediation
”, notably at Middle East, the organization added.
Congratulations Hans Grundberg on your appointment as @OSE_Yemen.
I look forward to working together to bring peace and stability in Yemen.
https://t.co/2N19pWwNKV
- Martin Griffiths (@UNReliefChief) August 6, 2021
A man of experience to end the world's worst humanitarian crisis
In June, Martin Griffiths, who became UN Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, told the UN Security Council that his efforts to end the deadly war in that country had failed. at the end of his three-year mission.
His successor Hans Grundberg had headed the Gulf Department within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of his country when it hosted the negotiations which led to the
Stockholm agreement
in December 2018
on the demilitarization of the strategic port city of Hodeida, main entry point for humanitarian aid in Yemen.
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Since 2014, the conflict has killed tens of thousands of people in Yemen, according to various humanitarian organizations.
More than two-thirds of the 30 million inhabitants, facing increased risks of epidemics and famine, depend on international aid.
It is, according to the UN, the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
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