United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opened peace talks on Yemen with a chilling warning: “When the parties bicker, Yemen burns.”<br /><br /> Ban called on Yemen’s opposing factions to observe a humanitarian ceasefire for a minimum of two weeks to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan and to allow much-needed supplies into the country.<br /><br /> Ban Ki-moon calls for a humanitarian pause in Yemen of at least 2 weeks, during Ramadan – “a time for peace…” https://t.co/XxeOh58mys— United Nations (@UN) June 15, 2015<br /><br /> “Today, Yemen’s very existence hangs in the balance,” he added, demanding an end to local fighting and the withdrawal of armed groups from Yemeni cities.<br /><br /> “We have a special obligation to act. Even before the terrible fighting, Yemen was one of the world’s poorest countries in one of the world’s richest neighbourhoods,” Ban said at the Geneva talks.<br /><br /> He went on to say more than 2,600 people, half of whom were civilians, have been killed in the fighting in the country. Accordin
