In a statement, the council urged all parties in Yemen to ensure that those in need of humanitarian assistance could be reached, voicing concern over the increasing interruption of the flow of basic supplies. It also urged all parties to refrain from targeting vital infrastructure.
“The members of the Security Council urged all sides in Yemen to reject violence and show maximum restraint,” said the statement, read out by Ambassador Hardeep Singh Puri of India which holds the council’s rotating presidency this month.
“They called upon all the parties to respect their obligations under applicable international law.”
The council also called on all parties to urgently seek a solution to the crisis in an inclusive, orderly and Yemeni-led process of political transition that meets the needs and aspirations of the Yemeni people for change. It took note of the inter-Yemeni
efforts in that regard, saying the Gulf Cooperation Council’s initiative continues to be important.
Armed tribesmen have carried out a number of attacks targeting the government troops in Yemen's southern province of Taiz.
The clashes occurred near al-Thawra hospital between the army and armed tribesmen supported by army defectors.
Meanwhile, Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry sent two planes to Yemen to evacuate its nationals in Yemen.
A number of Russian diplomats and their families have already been evacuated from the country.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has faced nationwide protests against his 33-year rule for the past four months.
He was seriously wounded last week when opposition forces struck his compound and had to be taken to Saudi Arabia for urgent medical treatment after the attack.
As reported today in the major news outlets, including The New York Times and Al Jazeera, the situation in Yemen is becoming critical. A few weeks ago I thought that President Salih would be able to ride the wave of protests, but the level of frustration and range of his enemies make that less likely with each passing day. Yesterday’s attack in Sanaa, which left at least 45 protesters dead, is a shock not only because of the number killed, but also because it suggests an overall strategy of violence rather than negotiation. Even if the killings were not ordered from the top, neither the police nor the army were protecting the people protesting or any other innocent Yemenis who happen to stray in the way of a bullet.
The details continue today, with ongoing clashes in Aden. Before that there were reports of people killed in Hodeidah. If one thing emerges from the political upheaval of the past three months, I believe it is that we should never underestimate the stimulating power of frustration to foment political change. As the world become more and more a wired village, fewer and fewer people are willing to have village idiots dominate their lives. The days of kings, sultans, dictators and presidents-for-life are measured. Their palaces must inevitably become museums to a past. Their legacies subject to the scrutiny of historians shaking their heads.
BBC4 on the Yemen situation
Yemen 'slipping out of control'
Please click on the following link:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9554000/9554260.stm
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