UN Security Council votes to ban Houthi arms
English - Sunday 27 February 2022 الساعة 04:37 pm
NewsYemen, Reuters:
The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Monday on a proposal by the United Arab Emirates to impose an arms embargo on the Houthis in Yemen after the group claimed several drone and missile attacks on the country this year.
This measure would extend the UN arms embargo on several Houthi leaders to the entire group.
The measure needs nine votes in favor and Russia, the United States, Britain, France or China do not veto it.
Sanctions monitors from the coalition, the United States and the United Nations have accused Iran of supplying weapons to the Houthis, which Tehran and the group deny.
A senior diplomat on the Security Council, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the proposed arms embargo on the Houthi group does not include an asset freeze, so "there will be no impact on humanitarian aid or commercial shipping, which was a concern" among some council members.
A year ago, the administration of President Joe Biden rescinded the US designation of the Houthis as a terrorist organization over fears that doing so would exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
The administration of former President Donald Trump had blacklisted the Houthis the day before Biden took power in January 2021.
The UAE, Saudi Arabia and some US lawmakers are pressing the White House to return the Houthi group to the US list of foreign terrorist groups due to the recent Houthi attacks on the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
