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    The delegate of Sweden hopes that delegates will engage in productive debates at the MUN conference. The delegate expresses concern over the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which began as a failure of political transition following Arab Spring protests in 2011. 17 million Yemenis now face famine without increased aid, and restrictions mean cholera is difficult to control. The delegate agrees a negotiated political settlement is needed to end the conflict and crisis. The national economy is also facing a sharp contraction due to financial problems, and over half the population struggles daily for clean water, exacerbating conflicts.

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    The delegate of Sweden hopes that delegates will engage in productive debates at the MUN conference. The delegate expresses concern over the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which began as a failure of political transition following Arab Spring protests in 2011. 17 million Yemenis now face famine without increased aid, and restrictions mean cholera is difficult to control. The delegate agrees a negotiated political settlement is needed to end the conflict and crisis. The national economy is also facing a sharp contraction due to financial problems, and over half the population struggles daily for clean water, exacerbating conflicts.

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    The delegate of Sweden hopes that delegates will engage in productive debates at the MUN conference. The delegate expresses concern over the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen, which began as a failure of political transition following Arab Spring protests in 2011. 17 million Yemenis now face famine without increased aid, and restrictions mean cholera is difficult to control. The delegate agrees a negotiated political settlement is needed to end the conflict and crisis. The national economy is also facing a sharp contraction due to financial problems, and over half the population struggles daily for clean water, exacerbating conflicts.

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     Honorable Chair, Esteemed delegates. 
    The delegate of Sweden is delighted to be part of this MUN and hopes
    that the fellow delegates will engage in relevant debates, in order to
    make this conference productive. This delegate would like to share with
    you, her preoccupation regarding the Yemen conflict. The conflict has
    its roots in the failure of a political transition supposed to bring stability
    to Yemen following an Arab Spring uprising that forced its longtime
    authoritarian president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to hand over power to his
    deputy, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, in 2011. The destructions of
    infrastructure and restrictions on food and fuel imports means 17 million
    Yemenis will face famine unless they receive humanitarian help soon.
    One fear is that international aid is not getting to those who need it the
    most making a cholera outbreak all the more difficult to control. The
    Sweden agrees upon breakthrough for peace, and for ending the
    humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Our efforts must now turn to immediate
    implementation. The delegate of Sweden agrees with the Spokesman for
    UN Secretary-General António who reminds the parties that a negotiated
    political settlement through inclusive intra-Yemeni dialogue is the only
    way to end the conflict and address the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

    Currently, the national economy of Yemen is facing a sharp contraction


    due to the financial and economic crisis and liquidity crunch that have
    paralyzed the economy and deprived 1.25 million public employees and
    their families of their main source of income. Suspension of oil and gas
    exports and limited donor support have resulted in expanded public
    budget deficit, which stood at YR1.59 trillion (equivalent to about US$7
    billion) during January 2015-August 2016. Foreign exchange reserves
    have fallen to their lowest levels. Officially, the Yemeni Riyal has lost
    more than 30% of its value against foreign currencies by the end of
    2016, compared to early 2015. This has caused inflation and worsened
    the suffering of Yemenis

    Due to inadequate water, Yemenis are suffering from lack-of-water-


    induced food shortages, and dehydration- related health problems.
    The water crisis has also triggered some local conflicts, which led to a
    decline in tourism and had therefore also
    negative implications on Yemen's economy. As the amount of water
    withdrawn from wells reached unsustainable levels, water became more
    scarce and prices rose; it became unaffordable for most of the poverty-
    stricken population. In 2015, experts estimated that thirteen million
    Yemenis, or 50 percent of the population, struggle daily to have enough
    clean water for basic necessities. This crisis, while not at the forefront of
    most tribal disputes, has exacerbated tribal conflicts and increased the
    urban-rural divide, with instances of escalating violence over the control
    and routing of water in areas such as Taizz and Abyan.

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