UK Explains Vote on Yemen Sanctions Resolution Adopted by Consensus, Strengthening Arms Embargo on the Houthis
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office published on GOV.UK on November 12 the explanation of vote by Ambassador Sarah MacIntosh, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, following the UN Security Council vote on the Yemen sanctions regime. This report is filed as a UK station chronicle.
MacIntosh said the Council's adoption of the resolution by consensus that day demonstrates the Council's determination to take decisive action against reckless attacks by the Houthis in Yemen, against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and across the broader region.
According to the UK, the resolution strengthens the arms embargo and aims to keep Yemen's sanctions regime in step with the changing threat. The UK said the Houthis use dual-use components and precursor chemicals to support local weapons production and carry out destabilising attacks.
The UK welcomed the Council's decision and said it stood with Yemen's Government and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The UK plans to work with Council members in the coming months on a list of dual-use items that could face sanctions measures.
The UK also condemned the continued detention by the Houthis of United Nations, humanitarian, civil society and diplomatic personnel, and called for their immediate and unconditional release.
(Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：位于纽约的联合国总部大会堂。Basil D Soufi 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York. Photo by Basil D Soufi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
