Yemen Monitor/Newsroom
The Gulf Cooperation Council has expressed its appreciation for the efforts of Saudi Arabia and Oman in Yemen, and welcomed the issuance of the twelfth report of the independent Yemeni National Commission.
The GCC commended the commission’s field work aimed at monitoring violations according to international standards, and took note of the report presented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the progress of providing technical cooperation and capacity-building to Yemen as per the Human Rights Council resolution.
This came in a statement delivered by Dr. Hend Abdulrahman Al-Muftah, the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office at Geneva, on behalf of the GCC countries, in her capacity as chair of the Gulf group, during the general debate on technical cooperation and capacity-building, within the framework of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
In the statement, the GCC countries commended the commitment of the Yemeni National Commission of Inquiry and the Yemeni legitimate institutions to achieving justice and ensuring that all perpetrators in Yemen are held accountable. They expressed their hope to provide further support to the National Commission to enable it to complete its investigative process in a comprehensive manner.
The GCC countries also expressed their concern about the liquidity situation in the regular budget of the United Nations Secretariat, which has limited the regular budget of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and directly affected the Commissioner’s ability to provide full technical assistance to Yemen.
They expressed hope that the United Nations Secretariat would ensure that the Office of the High Commissioner is provided with all the necessary resources to facilitate the provision of technical assistance to Yemen.
The GCC countries welcomed the continued sincere efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman, and the ongoing communications with all Yemeni parties to revive the political process, leading to a comprehensive and sustainable political solution in Yemen.
The GCC countries renewed their support for the efforts of the Presidential Leadership Council and all regional and international efforts to achieve security and stability in Yemen, and to reach a political solution to the crisis in Yemen, in accordance with the Gulf Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference, and UN Security Council Resolution 2216, in a way that preserves Yemen’s sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, and independence.
