British Ambassador to the United Nations Karen Pierce (L front), whose country holds the Security Council presidency for the month of August, chairs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Yemen at the UN headquarters in New York, Aug. 2, 2018. The UN special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, said Thursday that he is going to invite the warring parties in the war-torn country to consultations in Geneva next month. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)