Western countries are in talks to draft a UN resolution aimed at pressuring president Saleh to step down, Reuters reported.
"The international community has decided we need to up the pressure now, No decision has been taken yet over what type of resolution we might try ... But we do need to move beyond statements now." said a senior western diplomat in Sanaa.
The resolution is not thought to have the support of Russia and China yet, with talks still ongoing about a ‘softer’ resolution against Syria, which would be acceptable to both countries.
"We don’t want to take on Yemen until the Council has approved something on Syria," another diplomat said on condition of anonymity.
See our previous posts:
Yemeni youth urge UN to take Saleh to the ICC (Oct 2011)
Syria looks East as renewed UN proposal submitted (Sep 2011)
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