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Dot com and remember mondays great yesterday we began with russias announcement of the socalled humanitarian cease fire in syrias Eastern Group there a five hour daily truce designed to allow civilians to leave the rebel held suburb of damascus well that first five hour window ended a couple of hours ago and both sides are accusing the other of violating it remember more than five hundred fifty people have been killed. In the past ten days and has been following the story from neighboring lebanon. Some emerged from underground shelters to buy food and water others returned home to collect whatever is left of their belongings the relative calm gave the people of eastern huta some respect a five hour pause in the assault by the pro Syrian Government alliance on the besieged enclave ordered by the russian government the temporary truce from nine am until two pm is due to be repeated daily its not enough for the syrians trapped in the war zone. I mean what ceasefire we have been under bombardment all night planes flying above our heads death is everywhere theres no ceasefire. The Bombing Campaign resumed soon after the limited ceasefire expired the last rebel stronghold near the capital damascus has been under attack for more than ten days civilian deaths are already close to six hundred the stated aim of the truce is to allow civilians to leave but the opposition says the true goal is to displace the population. So how do they expect the people of ghouta to leave their homes this could never happen we call on the countries who voted for a ceasefire at the u. N. To pressure russia and syria to implement it no one can kick the people out of guta eastern huta surrounded by government controlled territory the Russian Center for reconciliation says a corridor has been open for civilians to leave via the often seen crossing point the center accuses rebels of shelling the Evacuation Route and preventing people from leaving the opposition denies that but the people do not want to leave they dont not want to be displaced and never be able to return to their homes it has already happened to thousands of syrians after Government Forces recapture rebel held territories its not just that many are afraid to cross into government controlled territory without International Observers or security guarantees they fear arrest or conscription. Up to four hundred thousand people are believed to be trapped in eastern huta hundreds need Urgent Medical assistance and evacuation its not clear if aid will be allowed in during the pause in the fighting medics say they arent able to cope when we last doctors and nurses there are women and children dying we want these massacres to stop please end this the procedure and Government Alliance has taken the decision to recapture eastern huta at any cost for now the people of eastern who have two choices deaths or displacement. Beirut and even with that bombardment ways see children across the besieged suburb still posting their videos online as they desperately attempt to shed light on the humanitarian crisis unfolding here look. Theres no food or water they always say theres a ceasefire but they come back and inform us. I am from a living situation is really bad prices are very high we do not have money to shelter please no food or water and we do not feel warm. So we havent seen or heard early with of course got a suburb in java it is following the story from my gaziantep on the turkish Syrian Border i mean short story or it hasnt worked we were talking yesterday about how this might play out on the ground its just accusations from both sides. Absolutely come on i mean it is a situation where aid workers have been saying that this is a cruel medieval game that russia is playing with us they say that rather than killing us theyre letting us live so they can kill us later it is a very grim situation on the ground at least four people have been killed in the last few hours since this pause ended people have been sending us their stories about how they have been stampeding to try and go get back to shelters a good some food and some something that would they would keep all but because it is extremely cold and people have been living in very very desperate conditions without basic needs and that was the whole point of the United NationsSecurity Council. Resolution to stop it and this was the first first time that weve heard that the Syrian Government has agreed to the orders given by president putin of russia but it appears that nor a Real Movement on the ground has happened aid workers have been saying that no aid has been allowed to go come in and people are just too afraid to go out theyve seen what has been happening to others whove gone out from aleppo from from homs and other parts of syria where these demographic shifts have taken place and then aid agencies are just not ready for a Mass Evacuation of four hundred thousand people even if all of them decide to come out that is not it is not clear whether they go you know some i just had a question on the Facebook Live stream from one of our viewers who said youre only talking about good to count you see whats happening in our free as well now i know you you may not have specific updates on whats happening in a frame but it is a good point to make is that whilst we focus on these things there is a war going on across this country still. Absolutely african is one of those places on the northern Syrian Border with turkey which is under the control of the y p g a Kurdish Group which turkey considers a terrorist organization and turkey has launched this operation since last month to try and clear that area and in the last forty eight hours weve heard updates from rebels push turkey back that they have almost encircled the city of african and theyre closer to taking full control this is an area where the fighting does continue weve heard reports of civilian deaths weve heard reports that the kurds have been posting online and then them being countered by the turkish government saying that this is all fake propaganda so there is a war that is ongoing in other parts of syria as well that is ongoing battles in it live there is a war of going on in other parts including the resort and rock on the outskirts where isis remnants are still left so it is a very much ongoing situation weve been focusing on water because it is one of those flashpoints where the plight of people has been heard across the globe people have been sending us messages from this area saying theres four hundred thousand civilians which are just a few kilometers away from the warehouses of the United Nations where there is food just allow them to have that food and medical aid so that people can at least live their lives while the politics goes on around them all right some a binge of age and gassing on to thank you. 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Now well from syria to something that they call the forgotten war the conflict in yemen which has spawned the largest single nation humanitarian crisis in the world it has killed tens of thousands of people it has left more than a million affected by a cholera outbreak but with a new United Nations yemen envoy about to take up his position maybe there is some fresh hope of a chance to broker peace griffiths former british diplomat will replace the out going envoy a smile old shaker who is about to make his final briefing to the u. N. Just a reminder of the players involved this is from the real calm military action whos in it whos against it just gives you a little reminder there of who remember the coalition of course led by saudi arabia in yemen this now been going on for three years they are backed by as you say support from the u. S. The u. K. France turkey and belgium with broadly speaking iran china and russia on the other side so were going to be keeping an eye well actually james by is going to be helping us out a diplomatic at the keeping an eye on what is said today by this outgoing yemen envoy james because and i wonder if a man who is no longer and i use this word very carefully who is no longer burdened by the job maybe he can speak freely and really talk about yemen about what he really seen and really wants to be done. I think that sunlight plea the niceties of the job if you are a u. N. Envoy youre a u. N. Envoy until you finish the job hes in the job until the end of the week will shake ahmed but you will be getting i think briefing an almost briefing of what he thinks the situation is like in syria he began briefing literally in the last minutes to the u. N. Security council giving him his giving them the view of the situation on the way and we heard from the dutch ambassador and from the swedish representative they were deeply concerned about the situation sweden described the situation in yemen as deplorable and what you have on the table for the Security Council is a report from a panel of experts on yemen that they received about a month ago and that paints a pretty grim picture as well and its critical of all sides in yemen its critical of iran ill come back to that in a moment but its also critical of the Saudi Led Coalition of saudi arabia for its bombing and the number of civilians its killing and another member of the u. A. E. For its role in yemen encouraging it seems separatism in the south of the country and involved with its own forces in yemen in some places running prison camps. Described in this panel of experts or sport as torture camps so i think youre going to hear some of these allegations coming up some of the countries of the Security Council i think will want to focus on the allegations against iran and the fact that the panel of experts a suggested missiles fired by the who these may have come from iran in fact the u. K. Tried to put that into a resolution in the last twenty four hours and got vetoed by russia that was a resolution to continue the sanctions in yemen showing the divisions around the Security Council table on this issue come all ok well come back to james bezan when we get more developments from that u. N. Briefing on yemen thank you james got Elizabeth Kendall with us as well who is a Senior Research fellow at Pembroke College at the university of oxford a specialist on political movements in the middle east thank you for joining us others but do you. Its a new envoy someone coming in fresh to this job and lets face it these jobs to be a u. N. Envoy to yemen or syria or whatever is its a thankless job its a very very difficult job but is there perhaps just the impetus for more exposure more of a push to get people talking about yemen i think the arrival of a new and boy is a very positive step its an incredibly tough job and the outgoing envoy is probably absolutely exhausted not to mention if youre in that job for any number of months or years youre going to have angered at the various sides involved so we desperately needed fresh blood and a fresh look at the situation we have to hope that Martin Griffiths takes this most recent report that your correspondent just mentioned very seriously and uses it as a framework to start think thinking about how to end this crisis and a new fresh way problem for him though is that the players are still the same day and after three years heading into a fourth year you can see saudi arabia particularly changing tack at the moment. Well the pirates are still the same but we are now in a situation of incredible international fatigue with this war it was always supposed to be a short sharp shock by saudi arabia that would be over soon in fact its lost its three is its costing estimate say about two hundred Million Dollars a day and it hasnt achieved any of saudi arabias war aims so even the main players i think will now be looking for a different approach a different way out ok elizabeth stay there for me if you wouldnt want because weve got live pictures from the u. N. Now of this briefing happening from the special envoy of the secretary general for yemen and if you stay with us listen along with us well have a chat with you in the words of some form of humanitarian assistance compared to fifteen point nine million in march two thousand and fifteen. Yeah in the context of these appalling and vast humanitarian challenges i welcome the generous pledge. About iraq but not beyond one of one billion u. S. Dollars by the kingdom of saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates to support humanitarian action and reconstruction in yemen and as well as their commitment to raise an additional five hundred million us dollars from other donors in good region i hope that these initiatives will materialize and that the funds pledged will be disbursed soonest to improve the current precarious situation mr president yemeni women has suffered some of the worst effects of the conflict and the space for womens rights is shrinking every day and. I heard many yemeni women saying that they live in a big prison where their freedom of speech is restricted and of all those who do speak up face a constant threat of persecution and violent attempts to silence them however despite these daily challenges yemeni women are remarkably resilient and their inclusion in the Peace Process is critical. The same applies to young people in yemen. Mr president i would like to express my gratitude to the world bank for its innovative approach in yemen which is unique in a country with conflict the partnership between my office and the world bank in collaboration with the Un Country Team has contributed not only to the alleviation of suffering of some of the most vulnerable families but also to the preservation of yemenis institutions in the long term. I would also like to express my appreciation to the group of eighteen ambassadors with agree to take into yemen and the states that have hosted talks with the parties including switzerland kuwait and oman. During the past few weeks i have visited several countries in the region. As well as the Gulf Cooperation Council secretariat they are all fully aware of the importance of a peaceful solution to this conflict to stabilize the region and fight terrorism mr president over the past three years and throughout my continuous meetings with the parties i believe a Solid Foundation for an agreement has been laid so the endorsement of the general framework in two thousand and fifteen and the discussion that took place in kuwait in two thousand and sixteen those who follow the yemen fire closely will look not large that the United Nations has spared no effort to help the yemeni parties reach a peaceful solution of. Doing the course of my interactions with the parties we have discussed all the details of a peace road map with a clear timeline taking into account the parties needs and challenges today i would like to announce for the first time that we were about that we did Reach Agreement on a peace proposal developed in consultation with the parties but they refused to sign in the last moment and the end of the consultations it became clear that the who sees were not prepared to make some sessions on the proposed security arrangements. Or even get into the details about a comprehensive security plan this has been a major stumbling block towards reaching a negotiated solution we see daily reports about civilians dying of poverty hunger or in this but we should not forget that many politicians from all sides are profiting from this conflict from trading of arms and exploiting Public Properties for personal purposes in their speeches these politicians will stir up strife to deepen the rift in the Yemeni Society and at other times they declare prove peace positions while in private circles they look indifferent to the suffering of their people whoever wants peace creates solutions not excuses i repeat whoever wants peace create solutions are not excuses we do have a peace roadmap for yemen the practical suggestions to launch it and build confidence among the parties have been agreed upon the only part missing is the commitment of partie