UN ANNOUNCEMENT ON YEMEN

That this House is dismayed by the announcement by the UN on 16 January 2017 that 10,000 people have died as a result of the conflict in Yemen; supports diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire and a long-term peaceful solution to the crisis; notes the meeting between UN Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and President Hadi of Yemen on 16 January 2017 to discuss the Special Envoy's peace roadmap; further notes the severity of the growing humanitarian crisis, with 21 million people, four-fifths of the population, in need of humanitarian assistance; and urges the Government to make every effort to raise the need for a ceasefire at the next meeting of the UN Security Council on 25 January 2017.