'This vote is, in essence, a green light to all sides to the conflict to carry on with their egregious violations which have upended the lives of millions of Yemenis over the past years.'
, it was the first time a resolution before the body was defeated. Neither the U.S. nor Saudi Arabi is a member of the HRC.earlier this year urging continuation of the GEE's mandate, HRC member Netherlands, joined by Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and Luxembourg, expressed concern about the ongoing and "appalling human rights situation, and the ever-deepening humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
;“#KingdomNL expresses its profound disappointment that the HRC rejected renewal of the only reporting mandate on #Yemen. The votes did not reflect a position of principle, but a result of diplomatic pressure. Today the @UN_HRC has let the Yemeni people down.
She accused coalition members including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates, of having "brazenly devoted their energy to defeating the sole international investigative mechanism on Yemen" and said the voting members who failed to back the extension "should be ashamed for having abandoned the Yemeni people in their time of need."
"This vote is, in essence, a green light to all sides to the conflict to carry on with their egregious violations which have upended the lives of millions of Yemenis over the past years," Morayef added. "Stopping the GEE will not make the violations disappear. Nor will it end the urgent humanitarian needs of Yemeni civilians, the work of brave human rights defenders and organizations in Yemen, nor our work to support them.
;“Today's heartbreak\n\nFailure to renew the UN;’s #Yemen investigation is a stain on the Human Rights Council;’s record. By voting against much-needed mandate, the Council turned its back on victims, bowed to pressure from the Saudi-led coalition, and put politics before principle.;”
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