United Nations Security Council Resolution
A United Nations Security Council resolution is a United Nations resolution adopted by the fifteen members of the Security Council (UNSC); the United Nations (UN) body charged with "primary responsibility for the maintenance of international pea ...
2014 was unanimously adopted on 21 October 2011.
Resolution
The
Security Council expressed "grave concern at the situation in Yemen" and the "worsening security situation." It also called for increased humanitarian support from the
international community
The international community is an imprecise phrase used in geopolitics and international relations to refer to a broad group of people and governments of the world.
As a rhetorical term
Aside from its use as a general descriptor, the term is t ...
, while calling for an end to violence in
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...
amidst an
Arab Spring
The Arab Spring ( ar, الربيع العربي) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s. It began in Tunisia in response to corruption and econo ...
-linked
civil uprising and the potential growth of
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The resolution also requested the
Secretary-General
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to report back to them on the implementation of this resolution both within the "first 30 days...and every 60 days thereafter." The resolution also called for President
Ali Abdullah Saleh to accept a peace plan brokered by the
Gulf Cooperation Council
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf ( ar, مجلس التعاون لدول العربية الخليج ), also known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; ar, مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is a regional, inter ...
for an orderly transfer of power and a "full and immediate ceasefire" between the warring factions of Saleh's supporters and the anti-government protesters. It also called for an independent investigation into the event that led to the violence.
Reactions
United Nations human rights office condemned the violence in Yemen.
Saleh welcomed the resolution; at the same time Yemeni security forces killed one protester.
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See also
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References
External links
Text of UNSCR 2014 at undocs.org
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2014
2011 in Yemen
United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Yemen
International reactions to the Arab Spring
October 2011 events