Ban Deplores Saudi Airstrike on UN Office in Yemen
Local Editor
United Nations [UN] Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored on Monday an Arab coalition airstrike in Yemen that seriously damaged a UN Development Programme office, calling for a full investigation into the incident.
A deputy spokesman for the UN chief, Farhan Haq, said on Monday that, "The secretary general urges a full investigation into this incident and that anyone found to be responsible for any breaches be held to account".
Haq said that the Saudi fighter jets targeted the office of the UN Development Program in the southern city of Aden in Yemen on Sunday.
He further said that a guard was injured and the office was seriously damaged due to the attack.
He added that the incident underscored the need to end to the fighting in Yemen and return to the negotiation table.
A Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States has been carrying out deadly airstrikes in Yemen since March.
The US-led Saudi military aggression has been attacking Yemen since March 26 - without a UN mandate.
The aggression began in an attempt to bring the fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, who is a close ally of Saudi Arabia, back to power, and to weaken the Houthi Ansarullah movement which is currently responding to the Saudi attacks on the country.
