Ceasefire Announcement In Yemen By Secretary Kerry

EDM number 688 in 2016-17, proposed by Keith Vaz on 16/11/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Middle East and Military operations.

That this House supports the announcement by US Secretary of State John Kerry that the Saudi-led coalition and Houthi group in Yemen have agreed to a ceasefire which begins on 17 November 2016 believes a ceasefire to be vitally important in securing a permanent cessation of hostilities and diplomatic negotiations based on the roadmap presented by UN Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed; notes that more than 10,000 people have been killed and over 3 million displaced since the conflict began 20 months ago; and calls on the Government to urge all parties to sign up to the agreement, follow the terms of the ceasefire and return to the negotiating table.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.