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Yemen’s Ministry of Human Rights said in a statement on Thursday that it will not deal with a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution on Yemen, issued on its 33rd session in Geneva last September.
The ministry’s statement held the United Nations and all its humanitarian agencies responsible for protecting human rights in Yemen against violations committed by the Saudi-led Arab coalition. The ministry also called for setting up an independent international investigations committee to probe humanitarian crimes inflicted by the Saudi-led military campaign against the Yemeni people.
According to the statement, the current United Nations position towards the conflict in Yemen could contribute to granting impunity to the perpetrators and encourage further violations of human rights in the absence of international justice.
The ministry’s statement highlighted Saudi Arabia’s well-known practice of hinder the formation of an independent international investigation team through financial means.
Saudi Arabia began its deadly campaign against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes were meant to undermine the Houthi Ansarullah movement and restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
About 10,000 people have been killed and over 16,000 injured since Riyadh launched the airstrikes. The Saudi aggression has also taken a heavy toll on Yemen’s facilities and infrastructure.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by Website Team
