A team including members of Yemen's warring sides will be dispatched within a day to monitor a truce deal in Hodeida city, a United Nations official said Tuesday.
"The Redeployment Coordination Committee [RCC] is expected to start its work within the next 24 hours," the official, who requested anonymity, told AFP.
The RCC includes members of the Saudi-backed government and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels but is chaired by the United Nations.
"Both parties said publicly they are abiding by the cease-fire," the U.N. official said.
The observers are due to oversee the implementation of the truce, the withdrawal of both warring parties from Hodeida city and the pullout of Houthis from its major ports.
The committee chair is expected to report to the U.N. Security Council on a weekly basis.
The ceasefire was meant to enter into force at midnight Monday but clashes continued until 03:00 a.m., pro-government sources and residents said.
AFP
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