Saudi Arabia warns Canada and the Netherlands of an international resolution on Yemen

Ibb News 6 Muharram 1439 H corresponding to 26/9/2017.
Saudi Arabia has threatened other countries over a proposed resolution by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that would send international and independent investigators to Yemen to investigate the abuses.

The United Nations is expected to vote on Thursday on whether to set up an international commission of inquiry on Yemen, an international source told the news agency Khabar.

In recent weeks, 67 international, regional and Yemeni non-governmental organizations have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to conduct an independent investigation into serious allegations of violations of human rights and humanitarian law, a call by Canada, the Netherlands and China.

“The adoption of the resolution by Canada and the Netherlands on the Human Rights Council could have a negative impact on their trade and diplomatic relations with the influential rich kingdom,” a Saudi message obtained by the Associated Press said. Two Western diplomats confirmed that his country had received the letter.

The Netherlands and Canada unveiled a draft resolution calling for the creation of an independent international commission of inquiry to ensure accountability for perpetrators of abuses and abuses, including those who may commit war crimes and crimes against humanity. Many countries backed the three-page draft when diplomats met to discuss amendments.

On Sept. 13, 2017, China indicated its willingness to support an international investigation into atrocities in Yemen, as demanded by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, but both Saudi Arabia and the United States said they did not support the idea.

A UN source told “Khobar” that Britain is working hard in the Human Rights Council to use its position to block the establishment of an international commission of inquiry on the violations in Yemen.

“The Saudi answer is clear: the Saudi war on Yemen has been going on for a long time, killing thousands and thousands of people and destroying the country’s infrastructure and economy,” said Benjamin Horton, a renowned American expert, analyst and writer. Causing the worst outbreak of cholera and creating the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

“Specifically, Saudi Arabia has been able to escape impunity,” he told Khobar via e-mail. An independent international investigation can change that and expose it to the world. ”

“This is consistent with Saudi Arabia’s efforts to shut down Sanaa airport and to prevent international journalists and human rights activists from documenting their war crimes, because Saudi Arabia knows these people will not see the stories that Saudi Arabia wants,” he said.

“An independent international investigation into human rights violations in Yemen has long been awaited,” said Bruce Riedel, a former adviser to four US presidents and former intelligence officer and director of the Brookings Intelligence Institute.