The full text of his letter to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon is as follows:
Excellency,
I write again with reference to my previous correspondence with you dated 18 May 2015, and 14 June 2016 concerning the failure of the United Nations to prevent the criminal actions of the Saudi regime in their indiscriminate killing of the oppressed people of Yemen.
Unfortunately, last week we witnessed the bombing of a hospital by the Saudi regime which was again followed by the silence of international human rights organizations. A war crime was committed when this hospital treating sick and injured civilians was struck, killing children, women, men and medical staff, including Doctors Without Borders personnel.
How long will the United Nations close its eyes to these continuing atrocities because of the Saudi regime’s financial clout within the organization you helm? History will not judge well a United Nations which professes to be the upholder of higher humanitarian standards in the world and yet allows its silence to be purchased; a silence which effectively denies civilians' protection from war crimes and recourse to the very structures of justice they are entitled to under UN conventions.
Yours sincerely,
Seyed Alireza Marandi, M.D.
President
Academy of Medical Sciences
MS/PS
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