UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council’s newly passed resolution that extends Yemen financial and travel ban sanctions failed to meet China’s concerns, a Chinese envoy said. The Council authorized a one-year extension of the asset freeze and travel ban imposed in 2014 on individuals or entities threatening peace, security and stability in Yemen. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 13 in favour to none against, with abstentions of China and Russia.
“The Chinese delegation proposed many amendments, but the final text failed to meet its concerns,” said Wu Haitao, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, at a Council meeting. China could not, therefore, vote in favour of its adoption, Wu said, describing the resolution’s requirement that the panel of experts in Yemen collect information on commercially available components that can be used for drones and improvised explosive devices as excessively broad. – Agencies
