Alwaght- United Nations’ special envoy to Yemen released more details on the peace plan proposed by the international body to the warring sides in Yemen.
During a UN Security Council session on Monday, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said the peace plan envisaged a new vice-president for Yemen and a national unity government.
These would lead a transitional period before holding elections.
“The roadmap includes establishing military and security committees to be able to oversee the delivery of weapons and the withdrawals from Sanaa, Hodeida and Taiz," Ould Cheikh Ahmed said.
“The military committees are supposed to ensure the end of military violence and to supervise the safety and security of citizens and the institutions of the Yemeni country," he added.
Saudi Arabia launched its daily airstrikes against Yemen to forcefully reinstate its ally Rabbah Mansur Hadi who resigned as Yemeni president and took refuge in Riyadh.
With regard to the political transition, the UN envoy indicated the roadmap addresses different transitional political measures, including the Yemeni presidency. He went on to note that these measures include "the appointment of a new vice-president, formation of a national unity government to lead the transitional period, overseeing the resumption of political dialogue and then holding the elections."
“I've been informed that there is a tendency among the Yemeni rivals to reject the roadmap, but this is an indication for the Yemeni political elite’s inability to overcome their differences and to put the public interest above anything else," he said.
In April, the Yemeni resistance and the representatives of the Saudi-backed Hadi entered UN-sponsored peace talks in Kuwait which failed to produce a breakthrough, ending in August. Last week, a three-day truce between the warring parties was not extended.
