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Saudi Arabia has lobbied heavily against a Western resolution that would extend the mandate of UN investigators who have documented possible war crimes in Yemen, including by the Riyadh-led coalition,.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has lobbied heavily against a Western resolution that would extend the mandate of U.N. investigators who have documented possible war crimes in Yemen, including by the Riyadh-led coalition, activists said on Wednesday.
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has lobbied heavily against a Western resolution that would extend the mandate of U.N. investigators who have documented possible war crimes in Yemen, including by the Riyadh-led coalition, activists said on Wednesday. The Saudi mission to the United Nations in Geneva did not immediately respond to a Reuters query about the allegations. The motion, brought by countries including the Netherlands and Canada, is due to be debated on Thursday in a session of the U.N. Human Rights Council. Activists said the vote would be close and might depend on the number of abstentions at the 47-member state forum. The Group of Eminent Experts, set up by the council in 2017, has found repeatedly that coalition air strikes and shelling as well as killings by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement during the seven-year conflict may amount to war crimes. Afrah Nasser, Yemen researcher at U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch, said in a statement: Saudi Arabia, a