The UN Security Council has managed to unanimously pass a measure
approving a ceasefire monitoring operation in the Yemeni aid port of
Hodeidah, after days of heavy resistance to the original British text by
the US and Saudi Arabia.
The “compromise” draft that eventually passed removed all mentions of a
humanitarian crisis being ongoing in Yemen, apparently at the behest of
Saudi officials who feared that their blocking of aid shipments would
make it clear this crisis is their fault. It also removed calls for an
independent investigation.
The US interest in getting language put in the draft that blamed Iran
for the Yemen War, however, did not make the final version. This was
unsurprising as Russia threatened to veto any resolution that tried to
spin the Saudi invasion of Yemen as an Iranian matter.
US Diplomat Rodney Hunter issued a statement after the resolution passed
complaining of the “omission” of the blaming of Iran, saying that the
council would one day regret the decision not to single out Iran.
After US Resistance, UN Approves Yemen Truce Monitors
Compromise draft removes any mention of humanitarian crisis in Yemen
Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.
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