YEMEN PEACE TALKS

Motion Text

That this House welcomes the call made by US Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Luke Pompeo for a ceasefire in Yemen's civil war and the commitment to peace talks within 30 days; supports the idea of an immediate ceasefire in the conflict; notes that after three years of conflict over 30,000 Yemeni civilians are estimated to have been slaughtered; and calls on the Government to support all efforts to end the conflict and the bombings of civilian area currently being carried out by the Saudi-Emirati led coalition, and to immediately table a new UN Resolution.