According to the Associated Press, the officials from the Security Council called for Yemen‘s president to immediately accept a deal to transfer power to his deputy and end escalating violence in the strategically located Middle East nation.
The council unanimously adopted a resolution expressing serious concern at the worsening security and deteriorating economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen “due to the lack of progress on a political settlement and the potential for the further escalation of violence.”
President Ali Abdullah Saleh has so far balked at a proposed by Saudi Arabia and its five smaller allies in the Gulf Cooperation Council to hand over power to his deputy and step down in exchange for immunity. The President is accused by many Yemenis of pushing the country toward civil war by clinging to power despite massive protests, the defection to the opposition of key tribal and military allies, and mounting international pressure to step down.
The resolution was the first adopted by the UN since the Arab Spring uprising in Yemen began eight months ago. It was aimed at stepping up international pressure on Saleh.
The White House said in a statement that the deal sends “a united and unambiguous signal to President Saleh that he must respond to the aspirations of the Yemeni people by transferring power immediately.” The resolution calls for Saleh, or those authorized to act on his behalf, to sign the Gulf Cooperation Council deal “to achieve a peaceful political transition of power ... without further delay.”
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The council unanimously adopted a resolution expressing serious concern at the worsening security and deteriorating economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen “due to the lack of progress on a political settlement and the potential for the further escalation of violence.”
President Ali Abdullah Saleh has so far balked at a proposed by Saudi Arabia and its five smaller allies in the Gulf Cooperation Council to hand over power to his deputy and step down in exchange for immunity. The President is accused by many Yemenis of pushing the country toward civil war by clinging to power despite massive protests, the defection to the opposition of key tribal and military allies, and mounting international pressure to step down.
The resolution was the first adopted by the UN since the Arab Spring uprising in Yemen began eight months ago. It was aimed at stepping up international pressure on Saleh.
The White House said in a statement that the deal sends “a united and unambiguous signal to President Saleh that he must respond to the aspirations of the Yemeni people by transferring power immediately.” The resolution calls for Saleh, or those authorized to act on his behalf, to sign the Gulf Cooperation Council deal “to achieve a peaceful political transition of power ... without further delay.”
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