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Yemen: Briefing and Consultations
On Monday morning (17 April), the Security Council will hold its monthly briefing, followed by closed consultations, on Yemen. UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg and OCHA’s Deputy Director of Operations and Advocacy Ghada Eltahir Mudawi are expected to brief. The head of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA), Major General Michael Beary, is expected to brief during the consultations.
The Council briefing will take place amid some promising signs in efforts to resolve Yemen’s more than eight-year war. Between 9 and 13 April, a delegation from Saudi Arabia and Omani mediators held talks in Sana’a with leaders from the Houthi rebel group. The rare visit by Saudi officials to the Houthi-held capital of Yemen has raised expectations that the Houthis and Saudi Arabia, which leads a military coalition in support of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, could be nearing an agreement in talks that Oman has facilitated since October 2022, when Yemen’s truce agreement from April 2022 expired. While details have not been made public, according to news reports, a potential deal may include establishing a ceasefire and the payment of public employees in Houthi territory, possibly through revenues from Yemen’s oil and gas reserves (which the Yemeni government controls). It may also aim to relaunch broader talks among Yemeni parties.
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