The UN Security Council voted Monday in favor of an arms embargo against Yemen’s Houthi movement. The proposal was pushed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The vote saw 11 nations in favor, and four abstaining, including Ireland, Norway, Mexico, and Brazil. The UAE claimed the vote will stop Houthi “escalation.”
The vote was called because in recent weeks, airstrikes against Houthis have led to missile and drone retaliation against the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Both nations are keen to blame Iran for the arms, though the Houthis deny this and say the embargo has “no value.”
Indeed, the Houthis said that the only way an embargo would have any impact in Yemen would be if it included Western nations, who have been selling the Saudis a seemingly endless supply of bombs and missiles.
What the practical impact will be is unclear, as the UAE argue that with no asset seizures the resolution should not hinder aid delivery to Yemen. At the same time, the Saudis have been hindering aid on the pretext of searching ships for arms as it was, and now will be able to claim a UN Security Council imprimatur in doing so.
Either way, the embargo probably doesn’t cut the Houthis off the way it intended, as the group wasn’t exactly public with its arms purchases. The UN vote probably seemed like a safe way to placate the UAE, without the more damaging moves of terrorist designation that they had been seeking.
The head-choppers & bone-saws win. Kinda tells you what the UNSC is all about, Anglo-Zionist sock puppet..
Sickening but not unexpected. Not even trying to hide the hypocrisy anymore. Children’s soccer games are still fair game in Yemen though.
What a surprise, like the very fair resolution against Russia and the widespread discussion of Russia’s demands for security guarantees seen in all the US∕UK∕EU/5 eyes Press.
How many are Houthis among the 377000 deaths???
Given the past 70 years of European history, Russia is in no position to demand THEIR security be guaranteed. They need to give THEIR neighbors guarantees they won’t invade like they did in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, Georgia, and Ukraine
Oh please. That was not Russia, you fool!!! The USSR is over, and Russia is separate!! Russia can demand its security is guaranteed IF the security of others is as well. No argument there, except from NATO. Why is Russia denied this? As for those little “democratic states” are they really happy and free in NATO??? Ask some of the people there.