Does the UN Security Council declare Houthis a terrorist organization?
The Yemeni and Saudi Arabian ambassadors to the United Nations called on the UN Security Council to include the Houthi group on the UN Security Council’s list of terrorist groups “as a means of pressuring us to return to the path of peace and the political process”.
Houthi terrorism
Yemeni ambassador Abdullah al-Saadi called on the Security Council to adopt an approach to the situation in Yemen, warning that peace cannot be achieved “without a real partner that abandons the option of war, believes in equal rights for all Yemeni people, and renounces violence as a means to impose its political agenda”.
Al-Saadi accused the Houthis of exploiting the UN’s efforts, not having a genuine desire for peace, and continuing to target civilian facilities, threaten international shipping lanes, and evade any peace commitments.
He stressed the need to “find a new approach to the peace process in Yemen.. The approach has only brought the Houthis closer in their grip on Yemenis, prolonged the conflict, and enabled the militias to undermine all efforts to achieve peace.”
He said the Houthi militia continues to recruit children and violate women’s rights, likening the militia’s imposition of a banned regime to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Terrorist organization
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Abdul Aziz al-Wasel, said it is urgent that the Houthi militia be designated a terrorist organization.
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recently not seen any genuine desire from the Houthis to end the conflict in Yemen and reach a comprehensive political solution,” he said in a speech before the Security Council.
He called on the Security Council to “take more forceful action” against the Houthis if they continue to stall on the peace process, adding that the council failed to take a position to condemn the Houthi atrocities.
The Saudi official called for the establishment of an international mechanism to oversee the implementation of the Hodeidah agreement, stressing that the Kingdom will continue to support international efforts to bring peace to Yemen in accordance with international and regional initiatives.
Houthi Crimes
Southern political analyst in Yemen Waddah bin Attiyah said that widespread Arab and international movements would mean the Houthis would be placed on global terrorism lists. He said crimes committed by the Houthi group in targeting airports, civilian facilities and piracy of ships in international waters reinforce this scenario.
The Yemeni political analyst added: The Security Council has the courage to classify Houthi as a terrorist organization, in order to stop the destabilization of Yemen and the region and to curb the terrorist group of the coup militias and the war crimes committed against civilians, pointing out that the Arab claims are a result of the fact that Houthi militia does not abide by international agreements or moral standards and has committed terrorist crimes inside or outside Yemen by targeting Saudi Arabia and civilian installations in the Emirates, contrary to international conventions, even wars and the Geneva Conventions.
The UN Security Council must take a decision as soon as possible to make the world stand against these terrorist militias that are making death for the world, given what has been revealed by many international and human rights reports, he said.
