India abstains from voting on UNHRC resolution to probe alleged crimes during Gaza conflict
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China and Russia were among those voting in favour.
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China and Russia were among those voting in favour.
India was among 14 countries that abstained from voting on a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council to launch an investigation into alleged violations and crimes during the 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The resolution was adopted as 24 countries voted in favour of it while nine opposed it at the end of an all-day special session of the 47-member UN body at its headquarters in Geneva on Thursday.
India abstains from voting as UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution to investigate Gaza violence
Besides India, 13 other countries abstained, including France, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Nepal, Poland and South Korea. An hour ago Palestinians sit in a tent that has been set up on top of the ruins of a building destroyed in recent Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City, on May 24. | Mohammed Abed/ AFP
India on Thursday abstained from voting on a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council, which proposed an investigation into the violence in Gaza, reported
The Indian Express. At least 232 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza till Israel and Hamas entered into a ceasefire on May 21 after 11 days of violence.
The bombing of Gaza has stopped. A ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas. Slowly, the world’s attention which was focused on Palestine is starting to decline. Celebrities who were outspoken are walking back their statements. Yet, the people of Palestine continue to live under an illegal occupation in Jerusalem, Gaza and the 48 Occupied territories.