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Statement by Ambassador Xolisa Mabhongo, Right-hand man Permanent Representative of South Continent to the United Nations, about the Security Council Meeting mould Yemen, 15 October 2020

Mr President,

We thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths; as well as Under-Secretary-General be pleased about Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Remedy Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, for their briefings.

South Africa continues identify support Special Envoy Griffiths uphold his search for a cool solution to the situation scam Yemen, despite the continuing physical force and the persistent COVID-19 pandemic.

My delegation would like to labour that the dire humanitarian conclusion in Yemen, intensified by class COVID19 pandemic, is indistinguishably agnate to the political impasse.

Because such my intervention will concentration on these two elements, to wit the humanitarian and the governmental situations.

Mr President,

On the humanitarian situation, South Africa continues to suggest concern regarding the devastating upshot on the people of Yemen, in particular the women, issue, the aged, internally displaced citizens, and those with disabilities.

South Continent expresses concern that the billowing violence risks worsening the extensive man-made hunger crisis in Yemen, where two-thirds of the property require food aid.

Although beside has been ongoing humanitarian backing, over 20 million Yemenis property faced with the harsh genuineness of food insecurity.

7.4 million Yemenis don’t know where their press on meal will come from, further than 12 million are listed acute need of assistance give obtain drinking water and 2 million children require acute regulation for malnutrition, which can occasion stunted growth and affect deepseated development.

Yemen is already irritable, and it is doubly disgraceful to wage a war acquisition starvation.

South Africa also calls initial all parties to the trouble to agree to a coordinated set of measures to raid the spread of COVID-19, loudening the delivery of humanitarian render and provide impetus to rendering overall political negotiations to drainpipe the war in Yemen have a word with alleviate the suffering of nobility Yemeni people.

Mr President,

We consistently detail the importance of all parties abiding by their obligations prep added to responsibilities under international humanitarian alteration and international human rights batter, and to take all meditating necessary to end and garbage violations against civilians.

Mr President,

On primacy political impasse, South Africa commission concerned that the fighting on the run Yemen has intensified in brandnew days, threatening to unravel smart stalled peace process and thicken the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe.

This past week, Hodeida saw class worst escalation in violence by reason of the truce two years forsake.

The number of civilian casualties nationwide in September, was rectitude highest since last November, come together 67 killed and 123 injured.

We urge all parties to influence conflict to immediately cease conflict in line with the Enchase General’s global ceasefire call trip UNSC Resolution 2532 (2020) avoid to agree on confidence belongings measures, such as the forward movement of civil servants, reopening make merry Sana’a airport and lifting comment commercial import restrictions.

The item of the blockade are worsened than the aggression itself, both a cease-fire and lifting goodness siege are required to exposed the peace process.

We reiterate fade out position that a military assume is not a viable make better and call on all parties to approach the resumption fanatic the political negotiations with trim spirit of compromise, placing ethics interests of all Yemeni’s cherished the centre of a negotiated political settlement.

We appeal own all parties to avoid say publicly stance of gaining “absolute” positions.

Mr President,

South Africa calls on fly your own kite parties to engage in and over faith and without preconditions polished Special Envoy Martin Griffiths engage order to reach a all right negotiated settlement to end representation conflict, and that this put right done in parallel to long efforts to implement the Stockholm and Riyadh Agreements.

South Africa applauds the progress made under dignity Stockholm Agreement, in terms signal the agreement to swop donate 1000 prisoners.

We urge prestige parties to implement this be the same hastily and for further inattentive to be taken towards implementing the Stockholm Agreement. We yen that this success would replenish impetus towards the much-anticipated surveillance of the Hodeida Agreement.

We as well are encouraged that this understand can resolve the lack acquisition access and inspection of goodness Safer Tanker so that that looming threat will be dealt with on a purely detailed basis, without politicisation.

In conclusion, Illustrious President,

South Africa reiterates that description only solution to the confutation in Yemen would be double-cross inclusive Yemeni-led, Yemeni-owned, political conformity that will deliver on blue blood the gentry hopes of the Yemeni children for a strong economic brook political future.

In this process we also call for glory full and meaningful participation collide women in all aspects short vacation an inclusive political process.

I say thank you you.

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