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1st LD: UN Security Council concerned over humanitarian situation in Yemen

Xinhua, April 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Saturday expressed its concerns over the humanitarian situation in Yemen, which has been plunged in escalating violence over the past weeks, and is working on a draft resolution proposed by Russia, the council president told reporters here.

Jordanian UN Ambassador Dina Kawar, this month's president of the 15-nation council, emerged after a little more than one hour of closed-door consultations to tell reporters here that members of the council would continue to meet with members of the Gulf Cooperation Council over the weekend.

"And we hope that we can by Monday come up with something," she said at the end of the emergency council meeting, convened at the request of Russia.

During the emergency consultations, members reaffirmed support of the council's earlier resolutions on Yemen and "reiterated their concern over the grave humanitarian situation that Yemen has been facing for a while," she said.

"The Russian delegation circulated a draft resolution to the council members regarding humanitarian pauses in Yemen and expressed concerns over the humanitarian situation in Yemen since a long time," she said, adding "The council members need time to reflect on the Russian proposal." Enditem