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Friday’s Daily Brief: DRC Ebola concerns, Yemen peace hopes, more migrant boats leave Libya

22 November 2019
Health
... settlement for Yemen [scald=612011:un_news_medium {"additionalClasses":""}] The UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, said on Friday that momentum to reach a political settlement in Yemen “has been building”. The Special ... city tof Hudaydah, averting a worsening humanitarian crisis. “We have seen the parties work together”, said Martin Griffiths, including on the situation in southern governorates, the de-escalation of hostilities and economic crisis ... the Government has been trying to defeat Houthi rebel forces during more than four years of brutal fighting. Mr. Griffiths avowed that Yemen now needs “the kind of leadership that creates peace”, a leader who practices “the art ...
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Monday’s Daily Brief: Ozone layer heals, 'regional conflagration' risk rises over oilfield attacks, South Sudan update, Myanmar genocide threat remains

16 September 2019
Climate Change
... drawn into even greater conflict, the top United Nations official there told the Security Council. Special Envoy Martin Griffiths said there is “no time to waste” in ending four years of fighting between Houthi rebels and the ...
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Tuesday’s Daily Brief: water quality crisis, Yemen and Libya updates, Venezuelan children appeal, ocean protection

20 August 2019
Peace and Security
... to a swift, peaceful end.  “A continuation of this current situation is simply untenable”, Special Envoy Martin Griffiths said via video-link from Amman, Jordan, referring to a series of clashes in the port city this month between ...
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Monday’s Daily Brief: World population, Desertification Day, ocean protection, Nigeria, Yemen and Gaza

17 June 2019
Humanitarian Aid
... dire humanitarian situation, along with the UN relief chief, Mark Lowcock, and the UN special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, who provided updates on the search for a political solution to end more than four years of brutal fighting ...
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Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Disability inclusion, minimum wage, and LGBTI rights in Botswana

11 June 2019
Human Rights
... members issued a statement on Monday offering “their full support” to the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, after he had reportedly come in for criticism by the Government. A fragile ceasefire has largely held in and ...
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Wednesday’s Daily Brief: climate challenges for the Pacific, new global health tool, updates on Yemen, the Gulf and Somalia

15 May 2019
Climate Change
... heightened tensions”, he concluded. Speaking in the Security Council on Wednesday, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, said he was also very concerned about the drone attacks. “Events like this are a reminder that hard-won ...
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Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Sudan, Libya, Yemen updates, solutions for e-waste, flood response in Iran, online security for children

17 April 2019
Peace and Security
... Council members also underlined their full support for the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, who led the UN-backed talks that led to last December's accords in Sweden, and the Chair of the Redeployment ...
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Monday’s Daily Brief: ‘Horror’ at Notre Dame fire disaster, Yemen still bleeding, measles now ‘global crisis’

15 April 2019
Culture and Education
... people of Yemen has, if anything, worsened over the past year. In a briefing to the Security Council on Monday, Martin Griffiths, the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, said that, in the months since a fragile UN-backed ceasefire began in the region ...
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As the year closes out, UN political chief talks the art of diplomacy – and crises to watch in 2019

31 December 2018
Peace and Security
... resolve the conflict in Yemen, but this is a very good start.” She credits the good offices of Special Envoy Martin Griffiths for the progress made so far. [scald=563052:un_news_full_width] UN Secretary-General's ‘good offices’ The ...
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