On June 2, 2016, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released his annual report on grave violations of the rights of children in armed conflict. Issued pursuant to Resolution 1379, the report contains what news reports describe as a “blacklist” of violators. Notably, this year’s report—which is dated April 20, 2016—includes the Saudi Arabia-led coalition combatting Houthi rebels in Yemen. The report states, “In Yemen, owing to the very large number of violations attributed to the two parties, the Houthis/Ansar Allah and the Saudi Arabia-led coalition are listed for killing and maiming and attacks on schools and hospitals.” The report adds that the Saudi-led coalition has been responsible for 60 percent of child deaths in the conflict and half of the attacks on protected sites, based upon UN data. In response to its listing, according to reports, Saudi Arabia threatened to break relations with the United Nations and remove funding for development, counterterrorism, and humanitarian aid programs. On June 6, 2016, the Secretary-General announced that Saudi Arabia would be temporarily removed from the list, pending a joint review by the UN and the Saudi-led coalition. On June 9, the Secretary-General reiterated his support for the report’s conclusions and stated that he only agreed to remove the Saudi-led coalition due to direct threats to funding from Saudi and allied officials.  The Secretary-General said in a press interview that de-listing the Saudi-led coalition “was one of the most painful and difficult decisions I have had to make.” He added his concern over “the very real prospect that millions of other children would suffer grievously if, as was suggested to me, countries would defund many UN programs.” The Saudi ambassador to the UN, Abdallah al-Mouallimi, denied any threats to cut funding or break relations with the United Nations.