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Swift action key to implementing new accords, Special Envoy for Yemen, Emergency Relief Coordinator stress in briefing Security Council at 8424th meeting.

UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths told the Security Council today that the agreement reached in Sweden over Hudaydah is a “humanitarian stop gap to save lives” which he hoped could “turn the tide of war towards peace.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The freshly agreed Yemen ceasefire deal covering the key Red Sea governorates of Hudaydah and Taizz was welcomed by the World Food Programme (WFP), which expressed hope that it would improve access for humanitarians and, just as crucially, commercial shipping. UNTV CH

The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed the UN Secretary General’s announcement of military de-escalation in the governorates of Taiz and Hodeidah – two densely populated zones in Yemen which have seen some of the most intense fighting. WFP

The IMF believes that steps taken by Argentina to stabilize its currency and economy are working, spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters Thursday in Washington. IMF

The announcement of a ceasefire between Yemen’s warring parties in and around the key port of Hudaydah, was hailed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as a deal which would improve the lives of millions of people. GOVERNMENT OF SWEDEN / UN POOL

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Speaking to journalists at UN headquarters today, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described the Iran nuclear deal as a “failed agreement” and called on the Security Council to “get serious” about the “real risk” of nuclear proliferation from “the Iranian regime.” UNIFEED