This has pushed the world “to the precipice of a nuclear confrontation,” with the mitigating effects of collective action increasingly unlikely. “This is a government that chooses annexation and settlement instead of peace,” Aboul Gheit told world ambassadors. “This government, every single day, applies policies and practices that are totally divorced from international law, undermining any future prospect for the two-state solution. Despite the ongoing “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis in the country, a political solution remains possible, “especially if enough efforts were made on the part of the Houthis,” said Aboul Gheit. Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN’s under-secretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs, said that in recent years “multilateralism has come under great strain.

Source: Ethiopian News June 08, 2023 22:55 UTC