UN Chief Slams Saudi Pressure That Led to Removal From Children in Conflict Blacklist
Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon admitted today that he removed the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen from the U.N.’s blacklist of groups that kill children, because he was threatened by reduced funding.
The Saudi-led coalition had been listed in “parties that kill or maim children” and “parties that engage in attacks on schools and/or hospitals,” in the annex of the U.N.’s annual report on children and armed conflicts.