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| UN mulls punitive approach: Yemen's trouble-makers have been warned |
| 2014-02-11 |
| [Yemen Post] Just as Yemenis are getting ready to celebrate the third anniversary of their Arab Spring (February 11th) the United Nation Security Council P3 members (the United States of America, La Belle France and the United Kingdom) have called for the formation of a committee to overview and oversee potential sanctions against groups and individuals guilty of road-blocking progress in Yemen. Good idea. Form a committee. That'll show 'em! The UK which sponsors the resolution, wants the UNSC to take a harsher stance against Yemen's trouble makers as to ensure that the impoverished nation is allowed a fair shot at its political transition. While so far the UNSC has only agreed to the idea of sanctioning, diplomatic sources have made clear that should further issues arise as the country undergo its federal metamorphosis, sanctions would be not only issued but swiftly implemented. As it currently stands, the draft resolution provisions for the establishment of a sanction committee under article number 41 of chapter seven as to punish whoever and whatever "act to undermine the successful completion of the political transition, as outlined in the GCC Initiative and Implementation Mechanism Agreement, including article 45 of the National Dialogue Conference's Good Government Working report." Under UNSC chapter seven, the council is permitted to "take military and non-military action to restore international peace and security." The draft resolution also aims to punish those who "impede the implementation of the recommendations of the final report of the Comprehensive National Dialogue Conference through violence, attacks on essential infrastructure, acts of terrorism, violations of human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... and international humanitarian law, and the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Having the UN come up with a solution to a problem is like sending the problem and solution into meaningless, endless limbo. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-02-11 07:28 |
| #1 "a harsher stance" Whooo... out come the RED post it notes... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-02-11 07:15 |