United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Yemen told the United Nations on Friday that it has rescinded its decision to expel the leading UN rights official in the country, diplomats said.
The Yemeni foreign ministry announced a day earlier that it had declared George Abu al-Zulof persona non grata, accusing him of lacking impartiality in his reporting on the human rights situation.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had urged the Saudi-backed government to reverse its decision and allow Zulof to stay.
Diplomats said Yemen’s foreign ministry had notified the United Nations that the decision had been reversed and was to send official confirmation.
UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed was in Riyadh on Friday for talks on renewing a ceasefire in Yemen, which faces the threat of famine amid the dire humanitarian crisis.