UN Security Council to consider draft resolution on Yemen

IANS  |  United Nations 

A draft resolution on was circulated among all members on Monday for their consideration, diplomats said.

But Kuwaiti said his delegation has reservations about the British-drafted text, reported.

Asked by reporters whether the council would be able to vote on the draft resolution within this week, Otaibi said, "I doubt it."

He said the draft was first circulated among the five permanent members of the before it was made available to all the members on Monday.

Negotiations on the draft will start on Tuesday, he said.

UN for Humanitarian Affairs warned on Friday that suffers in the world and the ongoing fighting is worsening circumstances for humanitarian response.

"faces the largest in the world, and the worsening humanitarian outlook requires urgent action to reduce the likelihood of significant loss of life," he told the

The UN secretary-general's for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, told the Security Council on Friday that he intended to reconvene the country's warring parties in Sweden, saying he had received firm assurance from the leadership of the parties to attend the meeting.

Yemen has been in civil war in the past three years, pitting Houthi rebels and forces loyal to the government of Abdrabbuh leads an Arab military coalition to support the

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First Published: Tue, November 20 2018. 07:38 IST