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UNITEDNATIONS, July 28 -- TheprolongedUN-brokeredpeacetalksbetweentheYemenigovernmentandtheHouthirebelsmightfail, UNSpecialEnvoyforYemenMartinGriffithswarnedonTuesday.
"Thereisarealriskthatthesenegotiationswillslipaway, andthatYemenwillenteranewphaseofprolongedescalation, oftheuncontrolledspreadofCOVID-19, andofsevereandthreateningeconomicdecline," GriffithstoldtheSecurityCouncilinabriefing.
Hesaidhestillhashopes, butdoesnotwantto "sugarcoatthings."
Negotiationsaimedatanationwidecease-fire, economicandhumanitarianmeasures, andtheresumptionofthepoliticalprocesstocomprehensivelyendtheconflict, havebeenongoingforfourmonths. Bothpartieshaveprovidedfeedbackonvariousdraftsandproposals. Buttheyhaveyettoreachagreementonafinaltext, saidGriffiths.
Theprocesshasbeenlongandchallenging. Ithasexperiencedburstsofmomentum, aswellasverysignificanthurdles, henoted.
Thisisperhapsnormalforanymediationprocessthataddressesissuesofgreatimportancetotheparties. Butitisimportantthatbothpartiescontinuetoengageintheprocess. Thenegotiationsmustbeconcludedbeforethewindowofopportunitycloses, warnedGriffiths.
"Asamediator, notasanegotiator, asamediator, Icontinuetoattempttobridgethedividesbetweentheparties' positions. AndIhopethattheywillmakethecompromisesnecessarytoreachtheiragreement -- notmine -- theiragreementbetweenthemthatmeetstheaspirationsoftheYemenipeople."
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