Saudi Coalition in the UN Blacklist; Children, Victims of Military Aggression

Extensive attacks and aerial bombardment of civilian areas that include schools and hospitals have created dire conditions for Yemeni children. A large number of Yemeni children while deprived of education have either been killed or maimed in this conflict.
According to UN published figures from the beginning of the Coalition attacks to-date more than 6400 people that include 785 children have been killed in conflict, out of which the Saudi led coalition is responsible for 60 percent of the instances. It is also reported that 1158 children were injured in the past year.
To this aim, on Thursday, the 2nd of June, pointing to the killing of hundreds of children through the Saudi led coalition attacks, the UN placed this coalition in its children’s rights blacklist for five years. The list contains the names of groups who are accused of “participation in the use of children in armed conflict, sexual abuse against children, killing and maiming of children, attacks on schools and hospitals and attacks or threats to attack against protection personnel, and abduction of children in armed conflict.”
According to this report those opposed to the coalition are also in this UN blacklist.
UNSG special representative on Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui said, “new and escalating crises, have had terrible effects on boys and girls. Specifically, the situation in Yemen is very alarming. The number of children used in war compared to 2014 has increased fivefold and the number of children killed and maimed has increased by six times.”
Therefore it can be concluded that this critical situation in which the battlefields in Yemen are mixed with children’s blood, increases the urgency for humanitarian support; and also should make international organizations such as the Human Rights Council and report procedures to condemn the military intervention of the Saudi led coalition against civilians in Yemen and foresee mechanisms to confront, and also protect the rights of civilians particularly children and women victims of this conflict.