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UN diplomatic sources say that Saudi Arabia is yet to provide sufficient proof for its permanent removal from a blacklist of children’s rights violators.
On the other hand, Saudi UN Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi said that, "We think we sent a fairly comprehensive letter that I hope has served to address all the concerns of UN and clarify all issues surrounding the report by the UN."
In early June, the UN published a report which accused Saudi Arabia of bing responsible for 60 percent of the 785 child deaths in Yemen last year.
On June 6, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon removed the kingdom from the list and announced that he had accepted "a proposal by Saudi Arabia that the United Nations and the Saudi-led coalition review jointly the cases and numbers" cited in the report.
Ban later admitted that he had taken Saudi Arabia off the blacklist after the kingdom and its allies threatened to cut off funding to UN humanitarian programs.
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
