UN chief appeals for halt to fighting in Yemen for Ramadan as world body launches peace talks
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U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has called for a halt to fighting in Yemen at the beginning of Ramadan, which starts later this week, as the world body launches talks aimed at brokering peace.
Ban called Monday for a new "humanitarian pause" to make it possible to get aid to Yemenis in need and called for the warring factions to go beyond that and agree on local cease-fires.
The talks in Geneva are scheduled to last two or three days and Ban said he expects the final delegations will arrive later Monday.
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He said that "the region simply cannot sustain another open wound like Syria and Libya."