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1st LD: UN special adviser on Yemen resigns

Xinhua, April 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

Jamal Benomar, the special adviser to the UN secretary-general on Yemen, on Wednesday stepped down and his successor "shall be named in due course," a UN spokesman told reporters here.

Benomarhas resigned because he "expressed an interest in moving on to another assignment," said the spokesman in a note to the reporters here Wednesday night.

"A successor shall be named in due course," the spokesman said. "Until that time and beyond, the United Nations will continue to spare no efforts to re-launch the peace process in order to get the political transition back on track."

Benomar, a Moroccan diplomat, has been acting as a mediator in talks among rival political groups in Yemen since 2011. Endi