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Urgent: UN Security Council hails announcement of humanitarian pause in fighting in Yemen

Xinhua, July 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Friday extended a welcome to the announcement of a humanitarian pause in the fighting in Yemen, which starts a minute before midnight Friday, saying "all parties will need to suspend military operations during the pause and that no party should take advantage of the pause to move weapons or seize territory." Enditem