...where theory meets practice and practice loses...
said on Thursday that the Arab-led coalition "does not care" to know the sources of information cited their report, which claimed children had been targeted in war-torn Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
last year.
Abdullah al-Mouallimi insisted in an interview with Al Arabiya News Channel that instead, the coalition cares about accuracy of the information contained in the report.
The envoy added that he is confident that the dispute with the UN "is just a summer cloud that will quickly pass and it will end in reaching a solution that ends with a convincing solution for all."
On Wednesday, the UN said it will not give the Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
-led coalition in Yemen the sources of information that briefly led the coalition to be put on a blacklist, before it was withdrawn.
No threats
UN front man Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday that it is "paramount" to protect sources of information used in any UN report, especially in a conflict area.
Last Thursday, UN Secretary -General
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon said he removed the US-backed coalition from the pending joint review of cases. He accused some unnamed countries of exerting unacceptable and "undue pressure."However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
Mouallimi rubbished these comments, saying "we don’t use threats or intimidation," and that Riyadh was "very committed to the United Nations."
On Wednesday, Mouallimi sent a letter thanking the secretary-general for removing the coalition from the blacklist and said it "deeply regrets every human casualty in Yemen and reaffirms its commitment to taking every possible measure to protect all civilians."
It notes that the monitoring of violations against children is to be done in cooperation "with national governments and relevant UN and civil society actors" and has to include an overview of the methodology and modality that were used to create the numbers in the report."