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Day after day, we become more confident that reaching peace and states' stability by means of peaceful civil struggle is closer, safer, more sustainable and less costly than going to war with its associated fighting and tragedies arising thereof. We have come to this conviction in view of the lessons of history and experiences of nations. The long years of war in Yemen with the national and unprecedented humanitarian crisis is a case in point.
Elites do not work for peace out of luxury, nor is peace an unrealistic option, as some may think. Peace is urgently needed and essential for life; it is a political and realistic approach, an act of struggle, a way out from the vicious cycle of violence and disaster continuation, which have become an existential danger on the Yemeni land, identity and people. Let it be very clear that betting on war and fighting continuation is false and risky and has grave consequences that will spare no one including the rising generations and those calling, in keen attempts, to prolong war for one reason or another.
We, in the National Reconciliation Movement as a national, independent political gathering, which includes a number of Yemeni figures from all disciplines and scientific and political experiences inside and outside Yemen, are confident that peace adherents are the majority. Yet, the war conditions and its subsequent fierce recruitment on the national, regional, as well as international level have led many to put their efforts into the unambitious marginal events and occurrences on daily basis. A state of frustration and desperation regarding peace, in the short term, has prevailed, which led some to feel uninterested in engaging in the different peace efforts or made the influence of their participation so limited and ineffective.
Out of the war conditions and events through the destructive years and day-to-day escalating human tragedy, NRM has engaged, for about three year, with daily innovative mechanism on the organizational and political level, in making serious and systematic efforts with all warring parties in order to put an end to the ongoing war and reach peace. These efforts are being made through NRM movements, stands and independence acting as a national leverage for peacemaking as well as re-putting the Yemeni figures and powers, believing in peace, into the front seat, and reinforcing their role and influence through making their voice heard inside and outside Yemen equally.
NRM, which stands at an equal, positive and national footing from all parties, has engaged effectively and increasingly in several turns by which the current economic and political landscape has passed through lately. The movement could gain, with national independency, the confidence of many parties and national components inside and outside Yemen equally. In addition, the movement continues to talk with the regional and international influential parties concerned with the Yemeni Cause and existing conflict, making the best use of its members' positive influence as they come from all the political, professional and social background and walks.
NRM believes that putting an end to war has stronger chances now with the increasing international changes that may help make peace happen as part of the day-to-day talks and agreements coming into shape. We support this motion strongly. However, the movement believes that reaching a comprehensive and just peace that guarantees a Yemeni-Yemeni reconciliation without diminishing the Yemeni people's rights or hopes in a stable and sovereign state with a republican democratic rule putting civil and political freedoms, human rights, equal citizenship first. Meanwhile, we understand it is not an easy thing to do, yet we also understand that the peaceful struggle from this moment to its achievement is part of our collective national principle; a priority that should all political, social, professional and intellectual elites join hands to actualize, putting aside their differences and divisions in order to save Yemen and its existence, and preserve Yemenis' present and future and their interests as well as their legitimate rights.