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7.
Calls upon all parties to renew the truce and immediately implement all of its
provisions, calls for the lifting of the siege that the Houthis have imposed on the city of
Ta‘izz, and calls upon all parties to immediately implement the Stockholm Agreement in
order to begin negotiations for a comprehensive and inclusive political solution to the current
crisis in Yemen and to uphold the commitments announced on 23 December 2023;
8.
Expresses deep concern at the serious violations and abuses of international
human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law in Yemen committed by
all parties to the conflict, including those involving sexual and gender-based violence, the
continued recruitment of children, contrary to international treaties, the abduction of political
activists, the violations of human rights against journalists and the killing of civilians;
9.
Calls upon the Houthis to remove the obstacles that prevent access for relief
and humanitarian aid, to immediately and unconditionally release all detained United Nations
personnel and humanitarian workers, staff working for international and national nongovernmental organizations and diplomatic missions and to end violence and discrimination
against women and targeting based on religion or belief;
10.
Calls upon all parties to the conflict in Yemen to respect their obligations under
international human rights law and international humanitarian law, to immediately cease
attacks on civilians, including on those delivering medical supplies and on aid workers, and
to facilitate rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access to the affected population
nationwide;
11.
Expresses deep concern at all attacks against civilian objects, in violation of
international humanitarian law, recalls the obligations of all parties to the conflict to take all
precautions necessary to avoid and in any event to minimize harm to civilians and civilian
objects, such as schools, markets and medical facilities, and the prohibition on attacking or
destroying infrastructure and provisions that are indispensable to the survival of the civilian
population, including water installations, supplies and foodstuffs, and strongly condemns the
launching of ballistic and other missiles targeting the territory of neighbouring countries and
posing a major threat to regional peace and stability and the security of international trade in
Red Sea shipping lanes;
12.
Urges the Government of Yemen to take measures to protect civilians and to
take appropriate measures with a view to ending impunity for all cases involving violations
and abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law, violence against
journalists and the detention of journalists and political activists;
13.
Requests all parties to the conflict in Yemen to fully implement Security
Council resolution 2216 (2015) of 14 April 2015, which will contribute to an improvement
in the situation of human rights, and encourages all parties to the conflict to reach a
comprehensive agreement to end the conflict while ensuring the full and effective
participation of women in the political and peacemaking process;
14.
Demands that all parties to the conflict work towards a comprehensive
ceasefire, continue inter-Yemeni negotiations with a view to reaching a mutually agreed
comprehensive and lasting political solution to the conflict, and allow access for
humanitarian assistance to all Yemeni towns and villages, urges the Houthis to respond to
the requests of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen for them to open the
crossing points to the city of Ta‘izz, end the recruitment and use of children and release those
who have already been recruited, and calls upon all parties to the conflict to cooperate with
the United Nations for their reintegration into their communities;
15.
Reiterates the commitments and obligations of the Government of Yemen to
ensure respect for the promotion and protection of the human rights of all individuals within
the territory that it controls and that is subject to its jurisdiction, and in that connection recalls
that Yemen is a party to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Rights
of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto on the involvement of children in armed
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