UN Discharges Its Envoy Ould Cheikh to Yemen

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UN have discharged the UN envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, to Yemen after he have been refused by Yemen’s Supreme Political Council, the country’s top governing body in Yemen, according to Al Mayadeen Channel.

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed was not neutral regarding the conflict in Yemen and not respecting UN resolutions, according to Yemeni source.

In June 6, aleh al-Samad, the Council’s head, said the UN envoy would no longer be allowed entry to the areas in Yemen.”

“We say unanimously that the envoy is no longer welcome here. There will be no more contact with Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmad and he is not welcome here,” Samad said.

Ahmed was “not desirable” in efforts to resolve the conflict gripping Yemen, he said, adding that if the UN chose another envoy, that individual will have to “respect the people’s will.”

Samad further said that the new decision had been taken jointly by the Houthis and their allies in former president Ali Abdullah Saleh’s General People’s Congress party.

Also Mohammed Abdul Salam, spokesman of Ansar Allah, has supported Samad’s position, saying ” the UN envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, to Yemen respecting UN resolutions.