The United Nations-sponsored talks on Yemen will begin on Monday instead of Sunday because one of the Yemeni delegations won't be able arrive in Geneva until Sunday evening, dpa cited a UN spokesman as saying. "Therefore, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his special envoy, Ismail Ould Chiekh Ahmed, will begin consultations with the Yemeni delegations on Monday morning, 15 June," says Stephane Dujarric, Ban's spokesman.