Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi addressed world leaders with details on developments taking place in his country as coupist Houthi militias, backed by Iran and Hezbollah, continue to crack down on legitimacy forces. In his speech at the UN General Assembly, Hadi called on world leaders to pressure Houthi militias and the Iranian regime to restore stability in his country and achieve peace based on agreed benchmarks. He also expressed his displeasure at some countries sympathizing with Houthi militias. “We are not advocates of war. We support peace, harmony and stability in Yemen, but this will not happen by cajoling these militias as some member states do,” he said. “With this in mind, I call on the international community to shoulder its responsibility to bring pressure on Iran so that it stops intervening in Yemen and supporting Houthi militias,” he later added. Hadi said that peace can only be reached "through implementing the Security Council measures, and the international community must act on that." Resolution 2216, which was passed in April 2015, demands the end to violence in Yemen and that all sides, in particular the Houthis, unconditionally end violence and refrain from disrupting the political process. Hadi also said that Saudi Arabian assistance had helped lessen the effects of Yemen’s economic crisis, but called on the support of the international community to stop Iranian interference in Yemen and its financing of terrorism. He then underlined his government’s efforts to protect civilians, especially women and children. The government has instructed the various units of its army not to recruit children, but rather strive to protect them and to rehabilitate those that have been detained while in the ranks of coupists. Economic hardship felt by Yemen is due to the militias having wasted resources and reserves, Hadi added. “In the face of that, and to stop the continued deterioration, the Government has introduced measures, including the setting up of an economic commission which has been authorized to take all measures to stop the deterioration of the currency,” he said. “In the twenty-first century, the rule of the mullahs could no longer be accepted, as represented by the Houthi militias that want to see a return to the dark days of despotism,” he said towards the end of his speech on Yemen’s contributions, despite internal strife, to counterterror efforts.