YEMEN PEACE TALKS 6 SEPTEMBER 2018

Motion Text

That this House supports the efforts made by Martin Griffiths, the UN Special Envoy to Yemen in convening peace talks in Geneva beginning on 6 September 2018; notes that 22.2 million Yemenis countrywide are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance and that nine million are on the brink of famine; further notes the recent civilian casualties that have occurred as a result of the war; and calls on this House to support an immediate ceasefire in Yemen and give full and unconditional support to the continuation of the UN peace process led by Martin Griffiths.