Originally posted to the Reuters website, 17 June 2020,
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A Saudi Arabia-led military coalition fighting in Yemen asked the United Nations on Tuesday to share details of its accusations that the coalition was responsible for 222 child deaths or injuries last year so it could investigate.
In a statement, the coalition also said it welcomed U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ decision to remove it from a U.N. blacklist, several years after it was first accused of killing and injuring children in Yemen.
Guterres said in his annual report to the Security Council on Monday that the coalition would “be delisted for the violation of killing and maiming, following a sustained significant decrease in killing and maiming due to air strikes” and the implementation of measures aimed at protecting children.
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