In a letter referred to the U.S. Security Council he urged the international community to conduct a land operation to save his country. He also asked international human rights activists to fix barbarous violations against civilian population committed by Houthi rebels, who are, according to the Yemeni diplomat, are responsible for killings of civilians and hampering deliveries of humanitarian aid. Earlier, Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyadh Yassin came out with a call to immediately interfere into the situation in Yemen.
Lithuania, which is presiding in the United Nations Security Council in May, confirmed the receipt of the appeal on behalf of the Yemeni government. The Lithuanian permanent mission's press attache, Ruta Jazukeviciute, told TASS the Security Council had received such letter and would consider it.
According to Wednesday reports, Yemeni army units supporting the Houthis established control over Aden’s al-Tawahi administrative district.
Since August 2014, Yemen has been suffering from a severe political and security crisis. In late January 2015, the armed groups of Ansar Allah (Houthi rebels) seized the country’s capital city of Sana’a and forced President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi and the government to announce resignation. The president tried to hide in the port city of Aden but after the Houthi seized this city on March 25 he had to flee the country. Now he is staying in Saudi Arabia.
After Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi called for help from the Gulf countries, Saudi Arabia’s air force supported by aviation of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates launched an operation Decisive Storm against the Houthis on March 26. Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan and Sudan joined the Saudi-led coalition.
On April 14, the UN Security Council has adopted resolution 2216 that stipulates arms and military equipment embargo to Houthi rebels. The draft document was proposed by Jordan, the United States and Britain. Fourteen U.N. Security Council member countries supported the resolution, including China and Venezuela, while Russia abstained from voting.
At the end of April, the Saudi-led coalition announced the end of a military operation "Storm of Resolve" in Yemen. Brigadier General Ahmed Asiri said "the alliance had achieved its military goals in Yemen through the campaign dubbed ‘Storm of Resolve’ and will now begin a new operation called ‘Restoring Hope’." "The mission will focus on security at home and counter-terrorism, aid and a political solution in Yemen," he added.
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Iran's top leader slams Saudi-led raid on Yemen, US support
"The Saudi government is busy killing innocent people and women and children in Yemen without any justification and only under the pretext that the Yemeni people do not accept a person as the president," Khamenei said, according to Press TV.
The United Stats is also supporting this "monstrous crime," while they are accusing, Iran which is after sending medical aid and food to the Yemeni people, Khamenei said.
Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of arming and financing Houthi fighters, an accusation Tehran rejects.
The people of Yemen do not need weapons from Iran because they have the control of all military bases in their country, he said, adding that the most urgent need of the Yemeni people is humanitarian aid of which they have been denied due to the blockade imposed on the country.
More than 1,000 people have been killed and 3,000 injured in the fighting and the airstrikes, which started late March.
Saudi-led forces continue to carry out bombardments against the Houthi group in Yemen despite an announcement in late April to halt the air raids.
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Yemen govt calls on UN to ‘save’ country with foreign boots on the ground – report...
ReplyDeleteThe Yemeni government has sent a letter to the UN asking “to quickly intervene by land forces to save” the nation. The contested cities of Aden and Taiz are of particular concern to anti-Houthi forces, according to the letter seen by Reuters.
Yemen’s UN envoy Khaled Alyemany reportedly sent the letter on Wednesday. Such a move could provide a legal ground for putting foreign boots on the ground in the war-torn country.
Addressed to the UN Security Council, the letter also asks human rights groups to record “barbaric violations against a defenseless population” and blames the Houthi Shiite rebels for the death of civilians.
A similar document, informing the Security Council that Yemen requested military help from the Gulf Arab states, was sent to the UN just a day before a Saudi Arabia-led coalition launched air strikes against the Houthi forces on March 24.
Despite the end of the first phase of the Saudi-led campaign, codenamed “Decisive Storm,” on April 21, the fighting continues to rage on in Yemen. The second phase has been named operation “Restoring Hope,” which was said to be focused on diplomacy, but did not rule out new airstrikes.
At least 120 people died in Yemen’s violence on Wednesday, the majority of them civilians, according to Reuters. At least 40 of those died while attempting to flee the southern port city of Aden by boat. One report claims the vessel was struck by Houthi shells......rt.com
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El embajador yemení ante las Naciones Unidas, Jaled al Yamani, ha instado al Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU a autorizar con carácter urgente una intervención terrestre para salvar a su país...
ReplyDelete"Llamamos a la comunidad internacional a intervenir rápidamente con fuerzas terrestres para salvar Yemen, especialmente, Adén y Taiz", señala Al Yamani, citado por la cadena de televisión catarí Al Yazira, en una carta enviada el miércoles al Consejo de Seguridad.
El embajador urge también a las ONG internacionales pro derechos humanos a dejar constancia de "atroces violaciones cometidas contra una población indefensa".
La Misión Permanente de Lituania, país que ejerce la presidencia rotativa del Consejo de Seguridad, ha confirmado la existencia del mensaje.
"El Consejo de Seguridad ha recibido la carta correspondiente", dijo a RIA Novosti la portavoz de la Misión, Ruta Jazukeviciute.
Al menos 120 personas murieron a lo largo del miércoles en Adén a raíz de los enfrentamientos entre los rebeldes hutíes y los partidarios del presidente Abdo Rabu Mansur Hadi.
El miércoles se supo que el depuesto presidente Hadi se reunirá este jueves en Arabia Saudí con el secretario de Estado de EEUU, John Kerry.
"Podemos confirmar la reunión", dijo a Sputnik un funcionario del Departamento de Estado sin proporcionar más detalles.
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