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Int'l inquiry not needed on Yemen human rights violation: KSA

| Updated: October 21, 2017 23:45:17


Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights arrives at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday. -Reuters Photo Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights arrives at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday. -Reuters Photo

Saudi Arabia does not want independent international inquiry into human rights violations in Yemen, as demanded by the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights.

 

The time is not right for an independent international inquiry into human rights violations in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Geneva said on Wednesday, reports Reuters.

 

The Netherlands and Canada are backing a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council mandating an international inquiry, but Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Alwasil said that a national Yemeni commission was in a better position to investigate.

 

“We are working together to hopefully come to a compromise,” he told reporters.

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