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"Mr President, it is right that in this debate we put first and foremost our concern for the devastating humanitarian catastrophe occurring today in Yemen. The United Nations declared its highest level of humanitarian emergency, with over 80% of the country’s population in need of assistance. Prior to the conflict, more than one-third of the population – some 11.5 million people – suffered from food insecurity. Today, two million more have joined the starving. The UN envoy said the country is now just one step away from famine.
It is a crisis for children, in which 1.8 million have lost access to education and one in three fighters are children. So our resolution makes the case for a humanitarian pause, backing the UN Secretary—General and marking the observance of Ramadan. My group stands with all who condemn violence on all sides – from the Houthis, al-Qaida and Daesh/ISIS. For us, however, this includes concerns about the humanitarian consequences of the bombing and of the blockade by the Saudi-led coalition.
Regarding the request for military intervention from former President Hadi – someone whose term-of-office has expired and who had explicitly resigned – was that request more legitimate than the request of former President Yanukovych in a different sphere? In any case, that request to the Security Council was based on UN Charter Article 51, which concerns the defence of the country under external attack, and that cannot make it legal in this case.
Our resolution calls on all regional actors to contribute to a return to stability. We call for an inclusive political process, which ends the polarisation of peoples based on religious sectarianism. Our resolution also understands that development must play an important role in what is the Arab world’s most impoverished country, if conflict resolution is to succeed in the long term. But this resolution is very much about the short term: to stop the targeting of civilians, to halt and then end the violence, to support all efforts towards a negotiated political solution, and to bring humanitarian relief in order to end the hunger and the suffering."@en1
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