Saudi Arabia praises Yemen human rights efforts

Internally displaced people gather to collect food aid from an ICRC aid distribution centrer in Bajil, Yemen, on December 13, 2018. Saudi Arabia has commended the Yemeni government’s efforts to protect and promote the rights of its people. (REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad/File)Photo

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has commended the Yemeni government’s efforts to protect and promote human rights.
Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Wasel, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, called on the international community to intensify its support and assistance for the government of Yemen in order to enable it to meet the challenges and obstacles it faces in implementing its human rights policies, as well as in education and health care.
Al-Wasel spoke during a Human Rights Council session reviewing the situation in Yemen on Thursday.
Al-Wasel called for ensuring the safety of children in particular by taking steps to protect them from the coupist Houthi militia, which continues to use them as soldiers and human shields.