On Thursday, Kerry announced almost $189 million in additional humanitarian aid for Yemen, bringing the total amount of USA assistance to more than $327 million since October 2015.
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A 14-member investigative team made up of coalition states Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, as well as Yemen, investigated claims of attacks on a residential area, hospitals, markets, a wedding and World Food Programme aid lorries.
Yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch Kristine Beckerle told AP that through its continued arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the U.S.
Kerry said that the restoration of stability to Yemen was vital in order to ease the suffering of the civilians and to prevent the armed groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group from taking further advantage of the power vacuum.
In a statement, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called for an worldwide investigation into all grave violations, saying a national commission had focused mainly on Houthi violations and had not pursued any of the perpetrators.
Shiite Houthis backed by forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh seized control of Sanaa in 2014 and drove out Hadi and his government into exile in Riyadh, the capital of Sunni Saudi Arabia.
Dujarric said the United Nations envoy “will bring these ideas to the various parties and continue his work”.
“A child was killed and four people, including a child, were injured” in the attack, it added.
Kerry’s trip comes amid growing pressure on the Obama administration to cut back its support to Saudi Arabia.
The U.N. human rights chief on Thursday called for an global investigation of rights abuses and violence in Yemen’s civil war which has killed thousands of people, insisting that a domestic panel set up to look into violations has not been up to the task.
Similar talks were also held during Kerry’s meetings with Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior; Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, on Wednesday night.
The Saudi-led coalition intervened in Yemen in March past year after the rebels and their allies overran most of the country, prompting President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to flee into exile. Mr Kerry is scheduled for talks with the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, in Geneva on Friday.
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Batrawy reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
