Sunday, June 14, 2015

Yemen: "Responsibility to Protect"

Peace and democracy in Yemen are asked by the Yemeni people. Therefore, a ceasefire agreement which is without democracy clause is worthless. Tunisian model can realize the ideal of democracy for Yemen. However, no one can dictate any plan to the country. 
The UN Security Council resolutions 1970 and 1973 on Libya clearly follow the doctrine of United Nations "Responsibility to Protect". According to the resolutions, the governments of the world are responsible to support the basic needs of the Libyan people against the government. It is apparent that the doctrine of R2P that is now an international norm supports people and even their armed revolution against the government and in the other words, it confirms the right to revolution! 
Although some governments do not want the establishment of democracy in Yemen but if the number of casualties in Yemen increase significantly or the period of the Yemen war last in a worrying state, then the Security Council will have to support Yemen according to the doctrine of R2P and solve the crisis in the country on the basis of above resolutions since otherwise will lose its political and legal credibility at international arena and its permanent members would lose their credibility at the domestic arena; considering the fact that Yemeni forces including Houthis, army and tribes have respected the international humanitarian law as a political tactic to achieve the winner card. 
Also, many Yemeni embassies have lost their loyalty to the suspended president, Mansur Hadi. 
In the end, it is recommended the entertainment industry prevents from entering directly and emotionally to the Middle East issue. The communicational tools of this industry/market including movies and music do not have the required cultural conditions to address the Middle East issue such as Yemen and Iraq crisis.

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