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Austria, Germany and Britain were among the countries voting no.
The UK opposed the motion alongside Austria, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Czech Republic, Germany, Malawi, Marshal Islands and Uruguay. All the other European member states abstained.
The UNHRC is viewed from Israel as an extremely biased, anti-Israel body. The council includes a permanent agenda (Item 7) that monitors, ‘the Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories’. This ensures that every quarterly session includes a condemnation of Israel. No other single issue, conflict or country has its own permanent agenda item.
“The world turned upside down. Instead of hearing the free world speak out clearly against terror organization Hamas and its leaders, clear examples of war criminals, the UN Human Rights Council makes an inexplicable decision against Israeli citizens who faced the criminal fire of thousands of missiles against innocent civilians.’’
The head of the World Health Organization has acknowledged the U.N. health agency’s response to sexual abuse allegations involving employees who worked in Congo.
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28th May 2021
What happened: The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva decided yesterday to launch an inquiry into Israel’s actions during Operation Guardian of the Walls.
The investigation will focus on the Israel Defense Forces’ campaign in Gaza, as well as the clashes in Jerusalem, inside Israel and the West Bank.
For the first time the council called for the creation of a permanent “Commission of Inquiry” into Israel’s actions.
Twenty-four countries supported the resolution and nine opposed it, with fourteen abstentions. Among the supporters were Russia, China and Bahrain (who last year signed the Abraham Accords with Israel).