| UNSecurity Council Resolution 2014 | ||||
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 Map of Yemen | ||||
| Date | 21 October 2011 | |||
| Meeting no. | 6,634 | |||
| Code | S/RES/2014 (Document) | |||
| Subject | Situation in Yemen | |||
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| Result | Adopted | |||
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2014 was unanimously adopted on 21 October 2011.[1]
TheSecurity Council expressed "grave concern at the situation in Yemen" and the "worsening security situation." It also called for increased humanitarian support from theinternational community, while calling for an end to violence inYemen amidst anArab Spring-linkedcivil uprising and the potential growth ofAl-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. The resolution also requested theSecretary-General to report back to them on the implementation of this resolution both within the "first 30 days...and every 60 days thereafter." The resolution also called for PresidentAli Abdullah Saleh to accept a peace plan brokered by theGulf Cooperation Council for an orderly transfer of power and a "full and immediate ceasefire" between the warring factions of Saleh's supporters and the anti-government protesters. It also called for an independent investigation into the event that led to the violence.
United Nations human rights office[clarification needed] condemned the violence in Yemen.
Saleh welcomed the resolution; at the same time Yemeni security forces killed one protester.[2]
