In a speech to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Dorothy Shea, U.S. chargé d’affaires ad interim to the United Nations, said the United States will continue to take action against Houthi terrorists in Yemen, a proxy of Iran.
“Every U.N. member state has a responsibility to abide by its obligations under the resolutions adopted by this council, including concerning the prohibition on providing arms or related material, as well as related training or financial assistance, to the Houthis,” Shea stated.
The ambassador called on council members to stop making a “false moral equivalency” between the Houthis and the Palestinians.
“Houthi actions have done nothing for the Palestinian people,” said Shea, adding that they have only endangered the lives of innocent people and “brought more suffering to Yemenis.”
The Houthis continue to block shipping in international waterways: From October 2023 to March 2024, they attacked more than 60 vessels in the Red Sea. Terrorists have also launched more than 200 missiles and drones toward Israel in the past 16 months.
Shea said U.N. members must respond to “Iran’s flagrant violations of our resolutions through its continued arming of the Houthis.”
The U.S. State Department reclassified the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization on March 4, after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the department to do so.