US Backs Dutch Resolution Seeking Probe of Yemen Conflict

The U.S. ambassador to a United Nations human rights body says his country supports Dutch efforts to create an international fact-finding mission in war-torn Yemen.
Keith Harper told The Associated Press on Monday, however, that the U.S. ultimately hopes for a compromise at the U.N. Human Rights Council. The Dutch draft resolution follows one co-sponsored by Saudi Arabia and Yemen's government that does not seek an international investigation.
The Dutch proposal wants U.N. Human Rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein's office to send a mission to report on possible abuses and conflict-related crimes in Yemen.
With U.S. backing, Saudi Arabia has led a coalition supporting Yemen's government against Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, and others. The U.N. estimates some 2,100 civilians have died since Yemen's war escalated in March.
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