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Building peace by restricting arms in Yemen
January 25, 2021 Share
Over the past two decades, Yemen has become a matter of interest and concern for countries in the region and around the world for a variety of different reasons. One that seems to have been underestimated, however, is the proliferation of non-state actors and their acquisition of conventional and non-conventional arms, especially following the Houthi armed rebellion, despite the mandate set by several U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolutions. As long as weapons transfers to armed non-state actors are not adequately restricted and the monopoly of violence is not exclusively in the hands of the government, it will be impossible to build sustainable peace in Yemen.