By Sarah Akbar
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United Nations mission to report on human rights abuses during the civil war in
Yemen could become a reality after Dutch diplomats called for the U.N. to take
action. The Netherlands submitted
a U.N. resolution last Thursday urging the office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights to “provide technical assistance” to the Yemeni
government. This resolution could also make way for an authorization of a
fact-finding mission that could shed more light on possible abuses. The Dutch
resolution comes in the wake of a competing
Saudi resolution submitted on Monday, urging the U.N. not to take
action in the region. The two resolutions place the Unites States in a
precarious position between two allies. Despite voicing its support for the
Saudi-led coalition in the past, the United States has yet to make its opinion
known on the subject.
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