Posted on 04/15/2015 5:58:19 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
If Iran defies the Yemen arms embargo. it will have demonstrated its utter contempt for any international constraints, which should give Congress and Obama administration even more pause in expecting Iran to ever allow access
The United Nations Security Council approved on April 14th a resolution regarding the situation in Yemen. The resolution, which was adopted by a vote of 14 in favor, with only Russia abstaining, strongly condemned the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and demanded that all Yemeni parties resume UN-brokered negotiations on a transition to democracy. The resolution, reaffirmed the Security Council’s support for the “legitimacy” of Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi, Yemini’s president-in-exile who is currently in Saudi Arabia.
The resolution demanded that the Houthis withdraw from areas they have taken by force, relinquish all arms and cease their efforts to usurp the powers of the “legitimate” government. Acting under its authority pursuant to Chapter VII of the UN Charter, the Security Council expanded sanctions and travel bans on Houthi leaders and their Yemen backers including the son of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh has been lending support to the Houthis’ insurgency and was himself blacklisted by the Security Council last November. In its resolution, the Council also approved an arms embargo on the “direct or indirect supply, sale or transfer” of arms to the Houthi fighters and their backers.
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