acTVism Munich translated this piece from “The Intercept” into German. For the English article, visit the original source: “The Intercept”
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The U.N.’s 2015 “Children and Armed Conflict” report originally listed the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen under “parties that kill or maim children” and “parties that engage in attacks on schools and/or hospitals.” The report, which was based on the work of U.N. researchers in Yemen, attributed 60 percent of the 785 children killed and 1,168 injured to the bombing coalition.
After loud public objections from the Saudi government, Ban said on Monday that he was revising the report to “review jointly the cases and numbers cited in the text,” in order to “reflect the highest standards of accuracy possible.”
But on Thursday, he described his real motivation. “The report describes horrors no child should have to face,” Ban said at a press conference. “At the same time, I also had to consider the very real prospect that millions of other children would suffer grievously if, as was suggested to me, countries would defund many U.N. programs. Children already at risk in Palestine, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and so many other places would fall further into despair.”
Saudi Arabia is one of the U.N.’s largest donors in the Middle East, giving hundreds of millions of dollars a year to U.N. food programs in Syria and Iraq. In 2014, Saudi Arabia gave $500 million — the largest single humanitarian donation to the U.N. — to help Iraqis displaced by ISIS. Over the past three years, Saudi Arabia has also been become the third-largest donor to the U.N.’s relief agency in Palestine, giving tens of millions of dollars to help rebuild Gaza and assist Palestinian refugees.
“It is unacceptable for member states to exert undue pressure,” the secretary-general said. “Scrutiny is a natural and necessary part of the work of the United Nations.”
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2 replies on “U.N. Chief Admits He Removed Saudi Arabia From Child-Killer List Due to Extortion”
le rôle de l UN c est la stabilisations de le monde son commandement la logique est la vérités son guident la justice .je ne jamais imaginés que un jours va reviens de nous ban kimone de reposés l excuse de les erreurs .ou les faute sur des forcements .alors qui est le rôle de l UN qui formés un paroles de le monde .est ce que pour vu ce qui veux de les affaires est aveuglés de les autre affaires .comme sa l UN va vairs son collapse .est dans ce la le scandale va destruction .
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