UN monitoring of Yemen ports for war activity hampered by Houthis, top official says

NEW YORK, 17 June 2022, (TON): The head of the UN mission at Hodeidah in Yemen, which is monitoring the ceasefire there, has called for its mandate to be extended.

Maj. Gen. Michael Beary emphasized the strategic and humanitarian significance of the coastal city to the future of Yemen, and said there is no easy substitute for its ports.

He  told “the ports serve as a lifeline for Yemen.”

They supply up to 70 percent of the country’s population with humanitarian aid and essential food supplies.

“There is no viable substitute for Hodeidah’s ports, both in terms of location and infrastructure, and the governorate remains an indispensable pathway to the country’s social economic recovery.”

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