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		</div><p>The United Nations&#8217; humanitarian chief has warned that Yemen could collapse if the warring parties do not reach a peace agreement soon &#8211; with menacing consequences for the entire region.</p>
<p>Stephen O&#8217;Brien told the Security Council that 80% of Yemenis, some 21.2 million people, need some form of humanitarian assistance and over two million people, including 370,000 children, are suffering from malnutrition.</p>
<p>Complicating matters, the country now has 61 confirmed cases of cholera and 1,700 more suspected cases, Mr O&#8217;Brien said.</p>
<p>He addressed the council by telephone from Bahrain to report on the dire situation in Yemen which has been in the midst of a civil war since September 2014 when Shia Houthis rebels swept into the capital of Sanaa and overthrew the country&#8217;s internationally recognised government.</p>
<p>Mr O&#8217;Brien said:&#8221;The man-made brutal humanitarian disaster is now the catastrophe which I said was &#8216;looming&#8217; in my first briefing to this council 18 months ago.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;It is high time that the parties put the Yemeni people first and reach a peaceful agreement in order to salvage what is left of the infrastructure, economy and social services of the country.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>The secretary-general&#8217;s special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said the security situation inside Yemen remains dire and that the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Despite the international community&#8217;s calls for the Yemeni parties to fully commit to the peace process, the parties continued to embark on unilateral actions which risk undermining the prospects for peace,&#8221;</i> Mr Ahmed told the council.</p>
<p>He said he had been informed <b>&#8220;unofficially&#8221;</b> that the parties have rejected a proposed roadmap paving the way for a peace agreement and that he planned to head back to the region with the aim of reaching a detailed agreement based on the plan that he said <i>&#8220;provides a comprehensive solution and includes guarantees for the political representation of all political groupings.&#8221;</i></p>
<p><i>&#8220;After 18 months of horrific fighting, thousands of deaths, injuries and unspeakable human suffering, we all need to ask how long will Yemenis remain hostages to personal reckless political decisions?&#8221;</i> he asked.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;What are the parties waiting for to sign a political agreement? Have they not understood there are no winners in wars?&#8221;</i></p>
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