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1st LD: 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."

"The members of the Security Council welcomed the (UN) secretary-general's announcement on 9 July and parties'commitment to a humanitarian pause in Yemen," said a statement read to the press by UN Ambassador Gerard Jacobus van Bohemes, who holds the rotating council presidency for July.

The members of the Security Council welcomed President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi's July 8 letter indicating his support for a humanitarian pause and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's July 9 announcement of the commitment by the Houthis, the General People' s Congress and other parties to support a humanitarian pause, the statement said.

The humanitarian pause in the fighting is expected to start in Yemen at a minute before midnight, local time, Friday and will last until the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, on July 17. Endite