Yemen ceasefire resolution blocked at UN after Saudi and UAE 'blackmail'

• Britain had drafted resolution to avert famine
• Security council threatened with boycott of Stockholm talks

A United Nations resolution calling for a ceasefire and the resumption of humanitarian deliveries in Yemen has been stalled by the US and other security council members after a lobbying campaign by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to diplomats at the UN.

Related: UK tables UN security council resolution calling for Yemen truce

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