United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate halt to the fighting in Yemen, as he began the hunt for a new UN envoy who can broker a political end to the conflict.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate halt to the fighting in Yemen, as he began the hunt for a new UN envoy who can broker a political end to the conflict.

Yemen "is in flames," the secretary general told a National Press Club dinner in Washington on the sidelines of International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings.

"I am calling for an immediate ceasefire in Yemen by all parties," he said.
"It is time to support corridors for lifesaving aid and a passage to real peace," Ban said.

"The United Nations-supported diplomatic process is the best way out of a drawn-out war with terrifying implications for regional stability."

Ban's remarks followed the resignation of UN envoy Jamal Benomar, as a Saudi-led coalition is going for its brutal aggression against the Arab poor country.

Ban said he was in the process of finding a new envoy for Yemen "who can be immediately deployed" to seek a political solution.

"The Saudis have assured me that they understand there must be a political process," he said.
"I call on all Yemenis to participate, and in good faith," he added.

Yemen has been since March 26 under brutal aggression by Saudi-US coalition whose warplanes are carrying out airstrikes on several areas across the country.

Hundreds of Yemenis have been killed in the aggression and more others have been injured.
Riyadh launched the attack on Yemen in a bid to restore power to Yemen’s fugitive president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi who is a close ally to Saudi Arabia.