Happening now: UN Special Envoy, Hans Grundberg, briefs the #SecurityCouncil on recent developments and peace efforts in #Yemen
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webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k… 1. SE Grundberg to #UNSC: “We meet at a particularly dangerous moment in the Middle East. The need for broader regional de-escalation is acute. I share @antonioguterres alarm about the very real danger of region-wide escalation and his urging to all parties for maximum restraint"

Griffiths points to #UNSC positive signs indicating that a momentum is building to reach a political settlement in #Yemen including the Riyadh agreement, the reduction in the tempo of the war, and the progress in implementing the Stockholm agreement. Griffiths to #UNSC: “In the last two weeks, there were almost 80% fewer airstrikes nation-wide than in the two weeks prior. In recent weeks, there have been entire 48-hour periods without airstrikes for the first time since the conflict began."