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<p>UK Ministers and officials engage with their international and regional counterparts
on Yemen regularly and use the monthly briefings to the UN Security Council to encourage
efforts towards a political solution, deliver further economic support and bring an
end to the humanitarian suffering. Administrative restrictions imposed on humanitarian
partners remain the principal driver of access constraints across Yemen. We are clear
that humanitarian aid must not be used as a political tool and call on all parties
to abide by UN Security Council Resolution 2451 by facilitating safe, rapid, and unhindered
access for the humanitarian response.</p><p>On 20 October the UK supported a UN Security
Council Press Statement calling for an immediate end to the Houthi escalation in Marib,
and the Foreign Secretary also visited Riyadh where she discussed the conflict in
Yemen with Saudi counterparts. We urge the parties to engage constructively with the
UN process and call on all states to release humanitarian funding commitments promptly.</p>
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