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Jamal Benomar, Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General on Yemen

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The UN Security Council is ready to enforce its resolution threatening sanctions against individuals holding up the political transition in Yemen. That’s what Jamal Benomar, the UN Secretary General’s special adviser on Yemen, tells Armen Georgian.

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