On 16 January 2019, The United Nations (UN) passed Resolution 2452, which established the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA). The Resolution comes after an evaluation of the Stockholm Agreement which included an agreement of ceasefire within the ports of Hodeida, Sail, and Ras Issa. Both parties to the Agreement, the Yemeni government, and the Houthi movement, have since accused the other of violating the terms of the ceasefire in Hodeidah. As a result, the Resolution includes increasing the the number of UN observers in Hodeidah from 20 to 75 to assess the ceasefire conditions.
Hodeidah houses Yemen’s principal port. The majority of the country’s trade and international aid must pass through Hodeidah. However, violent conflict in the past four years has severely limited the transport of goods throughout the city. As a result, Yemen’s economy has been crippled and its people brought to the verge of starvation.
The purpose of the Resolution is to maintain the ceasefire in Hodeidah to allow international aid to enter Yemen. During its initial implementation period of six months, UNMHA is mandated to monitor compliance with the ceasefire established in the Stockholm Agreement. UNMHA’s mandate also includes preserving the security of the port city in accordance with Yemeni law, coordinating the full implementation of the Hodeidah Agreement, and supporting the Redeployment Coordination Committee, a coalition between the Houthi and the Yemeni government that restations armed forces outside of Yemen’s major port cities.
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