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Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed briefs the Security Council.
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‘Yemen is ablaze,’ UN envoy tells Security Council, pressing for peace talks to end civilian suffering

Citing the disastrous humanitarian consequences of the crisis in Yemen, the United Nations special envoy on the situation told the Security Council today that the ongoing violence has left the country “bleeding and its cities collapsing,” and he added that peace talks are the only way to restore the hope of Yemeni people “after all the suffering…crisis they have been victims of.”