Credibility and legitimacy of the UN is at stake amid failure to confront Houthi threat

The UN has so far failed to take tangible, decisive action to halt the escalating campaign of violence by the Houthis in Yemen and across the wider Red Sea region. This failure constitutes a profound test of the organization’s credibility and its claim to global legitimacy. When nonstate actors or states initiate sustained campaigns of violence against civilians, commercial shipping and the territory of other nations, the international community looks to the UN as the primary institution charged