Geo-political tensions over the release of a 28-page document pertaining to 9/11, highlighted the fragility between two regions. U.S. officials demanded the guilt of Saudi Arabian involvement, while others swept the particles under the proverbial western carpet.
Earlier this month, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon acknowledged an equally dark situation with the Saudi-led coalition involved with current bombings over Yemen.
The Intercept reported Ban Ki-moon admitting the coalition removal from a U.N. blacklist of “child killer” nations days after publication. The reason Ban Ki-moon cited was financial threats, reportedly, according to Foreign Policy, direct from the Saudi government.
The United Nations report titled “Children and armed conflict” lists and outlines several nations responsible for “global trends regarding the impact of armed conflict on children…provides information on grave violations committed against children in 2015.”
The report includes the annexes of those nations; and what they have done to attribute to the atrocities of child involvement in war. Imposing a ‘black list’ the U.N. hopes to pursue a more ‘pragmatic approach’ to the protection of children.
Originally, the document listed Saudi Arabia, among other nations of the like: Libya, the Syrian Arab Republic, India and Thailand. Lists of recommendations and observations followed, supported by aerial operations and accounts.
The second last page in the original report, documents the Saudi Arabia-led coalition under Yemen’s involvement of maiming and killing children during war and “parties that engage in attacks on schools and/or hospitals,” just under that of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).
However, as reported by The Intercept, Ban initially stated that he revised the report to “review jointly the cases and numbers cited in the text,” in order to “reflect the highest standards of accuracy possible,” after the Saudis’ objected to the listing. In the following week, in June, Ban stated in a press conference the sickening realization for him.
“At the same time, I also had to consider the very real prospect that millions of other children would suffer grievously if, as was suggested to me, countries would defund many U.N. programs. Children already at risk in Palestine, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and so many other places would fall further into despair.”
Ban described his decision to remove the Saudi-led coalition from the list as “one of the most painful and difficult decisions I have to make.”
The decision is underscored by Saudi Arabia’s record as one of the largest Middle East donors to the United Nations. Without their backing, the U.N stands to lose hundreds of millions per year, according to a Global Humanitarian Assistance report uncovered by The Intercept.
Ban invited members from the Saudi-led coalition to a joint review scheduled for August, New York. However, the U.N. Saudi ambassador announced, following the decision to remove them from the list, that it was “final and unconditional.”
Sources: The Intercept, Foreign Policy, UN General Assembly Security Council, Global Humanitarian Assistance.
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Strange, the UN never lists Israel in any human right violations that it does under its nose daily with impunity!!!
So now the UN is run by the killers themselves.
“The reason Ban Ki-moon cited was financial threats”
Proof positive the U.N is for sale.
Hamstrung, they are now the pathetic husk of a once great organization.