Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen taken off UN rights blacklist
by Bethan McKernan, Middle East correspondent from on (#54NM2)
Decision taken despite United Nations finding coalition killed hundreds of children last year
The UN has removed the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen's war from an annual blacklist of parties violating children's rights, despite the fact its own investigators found the coalition killed or injured hundreds of children last year.
Antonio Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, said on Monday the coalition of Arab nations supporting Yemen's exiled government would be delisted for the violation of killing and maiming, following a sustained significant decrease in [casualties] due to airstrikes" and the implementation of measures aimed at protecting children.
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