UN resolution come after on the brink of Saleh’s collapse

The UN Security Council has approved a resolution urging Yemen’s Dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh to immediately sign a deal to step down.

The resolution, unanimously approved by the 15 members on Friday, “strongly condemns” the deadly government attacks on demonstrators and supports the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council ([P]GCC) peace plan, AFP reported.

The 69-year-old Saleh has repeatedly refused to sign the deal, according to which he would hand over power to Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi in return for immunity from prosecution.

On September 23, Saleh returned to the country from Saudi Arabia, where he was receiving treatment for injuries he received in a June 3 rocket attack on the presidential palace.

Meanwhile, thousands of Yemenis once again took to the streets of Sana’a on Friday to call on Saleh to step down.

Yemenis have been demanding the ouster of Saleh since January.
Hundreds of demonstrators have been killed and thousands more have been injured in the regime’s repression of the popular uprising.