NDC Presidency: Yemen's dialogue ends in September 18

The National Dialogue Conference (NDC) ends in its set deadline on September 18, 2013, the NDC Presidency said Wednesday. In a statement issued after today's meeting distributed to the NDC's members, the Dialogue Conference's Presidency encouraged the members and components to continue discussions, stressing that the NDC is the only body that has the right to come up with solutions for all issues on the conference's table. Moreover, the NDC's Conciliation Commission instructed today the NDC nine working teams to deliver their final reports to the Commission no later than Saturday, August 3, to ensure the end of the conference from all his works on Wednesday, 18 September. Under President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi's patronage, the NDC kicked off on March 18, 2013. Some 565 members drawn from all sectors of society, representing various political parties, youth, civil society Organizations, women and religious groups, are taking place in the dialogue. Its mission is supposed to be realized within six months, half of which has already passed. The dialogue members were divided into nine teams aiming to address several critical issues, topped by the South and Sa'ada issues, and to create the reforms and recommendations to be incorporated into a new constitution and a new system of government.