The United Nations has moved to put the Saudi-led coalition on its annual blacklist of child rights’ violators for the killing and maiming of children in Yemen, according to a draft report obtained by AFP on Wednesday.

After a similar move infuriated Saudi Arabia last year, the latest draft report placed the coalition on a separate section of the list of shame, which noted that measures had been taken to improve the protection of children.

“In Yemen, the coalition’s actions objectively led to the listing for the killing and maiming of children, with 683 child casualties attributed to this party, and, as a result of being responsible for 38 verified incidents, for attacks on schools and hospitals during 2016,” said the draft report.

Source: AFP