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On
Yemen, After
Saudi Bombs
Rally in
Sana'a, ICP
Asks of Talks
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, May
24 -- The UN
Secretariat's
bungling of
Yemen
mediation has
become ever
more clear,
according to
multiple
sources and
documents
exclusively
seen by Inner
City Press,
see below.
On May
9, Inner City
Press asked
Ban Ki-moon's
spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric about
Saudi-led
Coalition air
strikes on
Amran, and if
the UN would
admit that the
Houthis have
controlled the
base there
since 2014.
"Not for us to
say, "was the
answer from
Dujarric, who
as it happens
blocks Inner
City Press on
Twitter just
as the UN
Envoy blocks
journalists in
Yemen. Video
here. From the
UN
Transcript:
Inner City
Press:
does the UN
believe that
this base was
already
controlled by
the
Houthis…
[inaudible]
Spokesman:
That’s not for
us to say.
But see
below.
On May 24,
Inner City
Press asked
Ban Ki-moon's
deputy
spokesperson
Farhan Haq, UN
transcript
here:
Inner City
Press: I
wanted to ask,
on Yemen, it's
reported that
the side of
President [Abd
Rabbuh Mansur]
Hadi has told
the envoy,
Ismail Ould
Cheikh Ahmed,
that not only
[Ali Abdullah]
Saleh but also
Houthi leader
Abdul-Malik
al-Houthi
should be
excluded from
any settlement
so the… I
wanted to
know, what is
the UN's head
mediator, its
position,
particularly
on the Houthi
role?
And also it's
said that some
of the envoys
or the UN's
teams in the
country is
supposed to be
observing the
ceasefire or
finding their
work have
informed the
envoy that
their work has
become
impossible due
to attacks in
Marib and
elsewhere.
Deputy
Spokesman:
Well, first of
all, regarding
the situation
on the ground,
as the Special
Envoy, Mr.
Ismail Ould
Cheikh Ahmed
has made clear
the cessation
of hostilities
has… is not
fully holding,
but it has
largely been
holding in
most
areas.
And we are
working with
the parties
and with the
committees
that have been
set up to make
sure that the
cessation of
hostilities
will continue
to hold and,
indeed, will
be more
pervasively
observed even
than it is
right
now.
Regarding
negotiations,
I can't give
details of the
negotiations
as they
continue.
What I can say
is, regardless
of what each
side wants,
what the
Special Envoy
and the UN are
trying to do
is find a
workable plan
that will
bring the
parties
together.
We are trying
to be as
inclusive as
possible, and
as I just
mentioned, he
did meet over
the past day
with both the
Government
delegation and
the delegation
representing
Ansar Allah
and the
General
People's
Congress, and
he will
continue with
his talks with
all the
various
participants.
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