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UN delegate urges nationwide ceasefire and protection for women and girls in Yemen
Summary
A representative speaking for Greece at the United Nations urged a sustainable ceasefire, expanded women’s participation in negotiations and immediate humanitarian access to aid the 9.6 million women and girls in need in Yemen, and condemned detention and reprisals against humanitarian and civil-society workers.
Representative of Greece, a delegate to the United Nations, told the Security Council on Oct. 26 that the decade-long conflict in Yemen has left 9,600,000 women and girls in need of humanitarian assistance and urged steps to protect their rights and safety.
The delegate called for "a sustainable and permanent nationwide ceasefire with a full, equal, safe, and meaningful participation of diverse groups of women at all stages of the negotiation process," and for a "renewed, inclusive, Yemeni-led and Yemeni-owned political process under UN auspices" that respects a minimum 30% quota for women’s representation established by the national dialogue conference.
The statement emphasized that the…
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