Russia vetoed the resolution that also had been intended to renew an expiring United Nations arms embargo against the Houthis at the United Nations Security Council on Monday.
"We cannot concur with uncorroborated conclusions and evidence which requires verification and discussions within the sanctions committee," Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the council.
The Council then unanimously approved a Russian-drafted resolution that renewed the embargo and the panel’s mandate.
Meanwhile, Iran’s envoy to the United Nations says that that the US and the UK are trying to distract the international community away from Saudi Arabia's war crimes in Yemen by drafting such resolutions.
Iran on Monday also rejected Western claims that it was arming Houthis rebels in Yemen, saying the conflict was instead the result of British and US arm supplies to Saudi Arabia.
A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia has been bombing Yemen since March 2015 and at least 13,600 people since its onset.
