Yemen Monitor/Newsroom
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Saturday stressed the need to preserve the progress made by the parties through their commitments to reach a nationwide ceasefire, improve living conditions in Yemen, and resume political negotiations.
This came in a statement from his office at the conclusion of a two-day visit to Washington on October 17 and 18 to discuss peace efforts in Yemen.
The statement said, “Grundberg discussed with senior US officials the latest developments in Yemen and ways to strengthen a comprehensive UN-led political process owned by Yemenis, amid the regional military escalation that undermines peace prospects.”
During the discussions, the UN envoy emphasized the importance of continued and unified regional and international support to help the parties complete the UN roadmap and build on those commitments.
He noted that the arbitrary arrests carried out by the Houthi group against dozens of UN staff, NGO workers, civil society organizations, and diplomatic missions, and the referral of many of them to “criminal prosecution” were discussed.
The UN envoy renewed his call for the immediate and unconditional release of UN and organization staff and reviewed the ongoing efforts undertaken by the United Nations to achieve this goal.
