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4/17/2023 8:03:18 PM
Yemen faces its best chance to strike a peace deal since the country's civil war started over eight years ago, although much work remains to be done, UN envoy Hans Grundberg said Monday.
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World
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4/11/2023 6:57:00 PM
A UN spokesperson said late on Monday that talks between Saudi and Omani delegations and Houthi rebels in Yemen's capital Sana'a over the weekend were "a welcome step towards the de-escalation of tensions."
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World
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4/4/2023 11:26:55 PM
The United States called Tuesday on its longtime adversary Iran to help end Yemen's conflict by backing a peace process, one year after a truce dramatically reduced fighting.
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World
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Region
4/2/2023 9:41:30 PM
The United Nations' Yemen envoy warned on Sunday the war-ravaged country faces a "critical time" and urged steps towards lasting peace, exactly a year since a truce has dramatically reduced fighting.
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World
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Region
2/11/2023 12:13:43 PM
The results of the visits of Hans Grundberg, the secretary-general’s special envoy for Yemen, and US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, to the region to revive the Yemeni consultations, extend a UN-sponsored truce and expand its provisions in Yemen, which is set to enter its ninth year of war, are not yet clear.
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World
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1/16/2023 8:12:37 PM
The UN special envoy for Yemen said Monday he is encouraged by intensified regional and international diplomatic activity to end the country's eight-year conflict. He urged the warring parties to work toward "a shared vision'' with concrete steps to restore peace to the Arab world's poorest nation.
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World
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Region
8/2/2022 10:53:02 PM
Yemen's warring parties agreed to extend a four-month long truce just hours before it was due to expire, the UN envoy announced Tuesday, vowing to "intensify" efforts to secure lasting peace.
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World
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Region
6/26/2022 7:33:49 PM
Yemen’s Houthi militia refused a proposal made by the UN Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg to open the Taiz crossings and other roads, calling into question the country’s recently renewed UN-brokered truce, Al-Arabiya reported on Sunday.
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6/14/2022 11:50:41 PM
The United Nations special envoy to Yemen called on rebel Houthis on Tuesday to agree to reopen roads into the besieged city of Taez in the southwest of the war-torn country, during a meeting of the UN Security Council.
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6/4/2022 10:23:05 PM
The United Arab Emirates welcomed the announcement by Hans Grundberg, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, to extend the truce for two months in accordance with the terms of the initial agreement.
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5/25/2022 7:43:10 PM
Representatives of the Yemeni government and the Houthi militia started meetings in Jordan's capital Amman on Wednesday to discuss lifting the siege on Taiz city, which holds strategic significance in southwestern Yemen.
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World
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Region
4/11/2022 1:37:56 PM
UN special envoy Hans Grundberg started his first visit to Yemen's rebel-held capital Monday, following an April 2 ceasefire that the country's warring parties have accused each other of violating.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
4/5/2022 10:45:20 PM
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World
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4/3/2022 11:21:17 PM
A tanker carrying badly needed fuel arrived in Yemen's blockaded port of Hodeida on Sunday, as a ceasefire meant to stop the fighting in the war-torn country for two months entered its first full day.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/2/2022 12:30:29 PM
Egypt welcomed an announcement made by UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg regarding implementing a two-month cease-fire in the wartorn country starting 2 April — this year’s first day of Ramadan.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
2/24/2022 2:06:00 PM
Optimism over UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg’s announcement of a new roadmap to resolve the Yemen conflict has been contradicted on the ground.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/22/2021 10:53:22 PM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told UN special envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg on Monday that Egypt supports the unity of Yemen’s territory and condemns the use of the country as a launching pad for attacks against Saudi Arabia.
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World
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Region
11/8/2021 8:56:37 PM
Yemen is facing an "uphill battle" for peace, UN special envoy Hans Grundberg said Monday, as the Saudi-led coalition reported another 115 Houthi rebels killed in its latest airstrikes around a key northern city.
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World
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9/15/2021 4:03:54 PM
The Special Envoy will also meet with UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen David Gressly, and UN Security Council permanent member state ambassadors to Yemen
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World
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8/7/2021 9:41:46 AM
Grundberg, who has served as the European Union's ambassador to Yemen for almost two years, succeeds Martin Griffiths of Britain
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