According to the report by AFP, the UN special envoy to Yemen said on Tuesday he has proposed a roadmap for a peaceful settlement to end 14 months of armed conflict in the impoverished Arab nation.
The war pitting Iran-backed Shiite Houthi militias and their allies against pro-government fighters backed by a Saudi-led coalition has cost more than 6,400 lives since March 2015.
Another 2.8 million people have been displaced and more than 80 percent of the population are in urgent need humanitarian aid, according to UN figures.
The envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed proposed the roadmap after two months of negotiations in Kuwait.
“The roadmap provides for the implementation of the security arrangements specified in Security Council Resolution 2216 and the establishment of a national unity government,” he said in a briefing to the UN Security Council from Kuwait City.
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Security arrangements under Resolution 2216 require the Houthi militias and their allies to withdraw from areas they occupied in 2014, including the capital Sanaa, and the handover of weapons.
Under the roadmap, the national unity government would ensure the delivery of basic services, address the recovery of the economy and prepare for dialogue paving the way for a comprehensive solution, said Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
“The delegations have responded positively to the proposals, but have not yet reached agreement on the sequencing of the different steps provided in the roadmap,” mainly when would the national unity government be formed, he said.
Ould Cheikh Ahmed urged the two sides to speed up the process of reaching a final accord.
The government has resisted proposals for a unity administration before the militias’ withdrawal and handover of arms, fearing it would undermine the international legitimacy of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.
UN News Center also reported on Tuesday, 21 June 2016 that UN envoy for Yemen said today, the United Nations–supported Yemeni peace talks under way in Kuwait have progressed “slowly, yet constructively,” over the last two months, with agreement still to be reached on the sequencing of the various steps proposed, including the timing of establishing a national unity government, the.
“In short, the general atmosphere continues to be positive although difficulties remain which need to be addressed,” Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, told the Security Council via video link.
Over the previous period of the talks, the parties unanimously agreed on the necessity of reaching a peaceful solution to put an end to the conflict in Yemen, he noted. A number of prisoners and detainees, including children, have been released. The cessation of hostilities has allowed humanitarian aid to reach areas that were previously not accessible.
The participants have discussed the most delicate issues, including military withdrawals, security arrangements and the handover of weapons, sensitive political issues and ways to improve the economic and humanitarian situation, as well as the release of prisoners and detainees, he said.

Source: AFP, UN News Center, 22 June 2016