UNITED NATIONS, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A senior UN official on Wednesday urged the international community to find a solution to the Yemen conflict which causes the tragic humanitarian situation day by day.
The Secretary-General's Special Envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, told the UN Security Council that the situation in Yemen "remains extremely grave, with the conflict intensifying daily and the tragic humanitarian situation continuing to worsen."
He noted that for the third year in a row, Yemenis have seen the holy month of Ramadan transformed from a month of tolerance and peace into a month of violence and hopelessness.
The Envoy said he continued to engage with the parties as well as with neighboring countries, noting he had just arrived from Saudi Arabia Wednesday morning and will depart for Egypt Thursday.
He called on all of the parties to act for the sake of peace, stressing that their excuses are unacceptable, and their justifications are unconvincing, especially when the solutions are in plain sight.
"The opportunity to reach peace is not yet lost," he noted.
For his part, Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien said that millions of Yemen civilians continue to be exposed to unfathomable pain and suffering, with the risk of famine and cholera and associated diseases remaining acute in all but one governorate across the country.
