Demonstrations calling for an international resolution against the president of Yemen

Tens of thousands in the cities of Sana'a and Shabwa and Socotra, Yemen, Hodeidah in the procession for the UN Security Council to take a strong stance against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, while the Security Council is discussing a draft resolutionurges Saleh to step down.

Protesters march in the capital Sanaa Street sixty slogans calling for the overthrow of protection and guarantees of non-prosecution after stepping down in favor.

The speaker addressed the crowd waved flags of the United Nations and slogans for peace, saying, "We hope to awaken the conscience of the world and the United Nations take a historic step for the Yemeni people."

The demonstrator said, "We are here to urge the Security Council to take a moral stancetoward the peaceful revolution in Yemen, we call them to say we want freedom and want to build a democracy, you have to stop supporting this dictator."

For its part, the government refused to resolve the crisis in the country through the issuance of international resolutions. And called for a peaceful solution instead.

A draft resolution
This comes at a time when the Security Council will discuss for a few days a draft resolution submitted by Britain calls for step down.

He said the German Ambassador the United Nations, Peter Viag The time has come for action, and demanded that the Council will be active, and ask the President for signature and acceptance, transition, and according to mediate the Gulf.

According to Western diplomats, it is expected that Russia and China supported theBritish draft resolution, despite their objections last week on a resolution condemningSyria for response force demonstrators demanding democracy.

One diplomat said "Russia and China supported the move of the Council on Yemen, The role of the armed opposition in Yemen to change things because the two countries wantstability and seem to see the situation in Yemen in a different way from Syria."

Risk of deadlock
In his statements after the meeting of the Security Council, warned the UN envoy to YemenJamal bin Omar, the risks of continued political stalemate and deteriorating security and economic situation in Yemen, and stressed that the security situation "deteriorated dramatically, especially since five or six provinces are no longer under the control of the government."

He explained that there was agreement between the ruling party and the opposition for a transitional period of two years during which organizes the elections, but Saleh refused tobe bound by this Agreement.

He ibn Umar that the political process "in trouble" adding that "during our consultationswith the Yemenis, there was a sense of urgency the need to address the crisis, especially as it has been going on in January last, and the result of which the repercussions ofhumanitarian, security and economic.

He stressed that "no solution can be found only in the context of a process led by Yemeni and collect all the political forces in the country."

For its part, emphasized the processes responsible for the United Nations humanitarianValerie Amos that "the conflict that is added to the poverty and drought in Yemen causesthe development of a daily struggle for survival for millions of people."

Amos said in a statement: "Every evening Yemeni third goes to bed hungry. In some parts of the country's children suffer from malnutrition, three of which are of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world." She stressed that "hospitals and clinics are overcrowded and do not work, and access to drinking water has become more difficult."

Source: Al Jazeera + and agencies