[WCUSP] UN General Assembly Passes Resolution Against Israel (Haaretz)

[yvonne simmons]

-> Subject: Fw: UN General Assembly Passes Resolution
> Against Israel (Haaretz)
> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:33:56 -0800
> 
> The UN General Assembly on Friday night
> overwhelmingly passed a resolution 
> condemning the errant shelling of a Beit Hanun house
> which killed some 20 
> Palestinians.
> 
> Representatives of 156 countries voted in favor of
> the resolution, seven 
> objected and six abstained.
> 
> Voting "no" were the United States, Israel,
> Australia, the Marshall Islands, 
> Micronesia, Nauru and Palau. Abstaining were Canada,
> Ivory Coast, Papua New 
> Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. [How comical can
> you get!!!!!!!!]
> 
> 
>>   From: Sonja Karkar
> <sonja.karkar at womenforpalestine.com>
> 
>   UN slams Israel over Beit Hanun shelling, 
>   approves inquiry panel 
> 
> 
>   by Shlomo Shamir 
>   Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service
>   18 November 2006
> 
>   The UN General Assembly on Friday night
> overwhelmingly passed a resolution 
>   condemning the errant shelling of a Beit Hanun
> house which killed some 20 
>   Palestinians.
> 
>   Representatives of 156 countries voted in favor of
> the resolution, seven 
>   objected and six abstained.
> 
>   Voting "no" were the United States, Israel,
> Australia, the Marshall Islands, 
>   Micronesia, Nauru and Palau. Abstaining were
> Canada, Ivory Coast, Papua New 
>   Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
> 
>   Europe's envoys cast their votes unanimously in
> favor of the resolution.
> 
>   Israel's ambassador to the United Nations Dan
> Gillerman walked out of the 
>   session in protest, saying his words were falling
> on deaf ears and that he 
>   was better off holding a nearby press conference.
> 
>   Prior to the debate, Gillerman said the session is
> a "humiliation and 
>   cynical exploitation of the UN, and whoever lends
> a hand to this decision is 
>   lending a hand to terror."
> 
>   The United States ambassador to the UN, John
> Bolton, warned member states 
>   against approving the proposal, saying it would
> undermine the organization's 
>   relevance.
> 
>   "Such a decision will only strengthen the
> widespread doubts regarding the 
>   UN, and lead many to conclude that the global
> organization cannot fulfill a 
>   role in the region," said Bolton.
> 
>   Bolton called the resolution "one-sided" and said
> its adoption would only 
>   "increase tension and serve the interests of those
> hostile to Israel and 
>   that do not accept Israel's right to exist.
> 
>   Bolton also slammed the UN Human Rights Council,
> based in Geneva, which 
>   called Wednesday for an inquiry into the Beit
> Hanun shelling.
> 
>   "Since its inception, the new Human Rights Council
> has focused solely on 
>   Israel while completely ignoring human rights
> abuses in Darfur, Burma, and 
>   North Korea," said Bolton.
> 
>   The Palestinian Authority's representative to the
> UN, Riad Mansour, called 
>   for "Israeli war criminals" to be put on trial for
> the shelling.
> 
>   European states lead efforts to soften the
> proposed condemnation. The 
>   original draft, presented by Arab states, called
> for an "international 
>   mechanism" to protect Gaza Strip residents.
> 
>   The draft also includes a clause urging UN
> Secretary General Kofi Annan to 
>   dispatch a "working investigative team" to Beit
> Hanun to conduct an inquiry 
>   into the shelling. American media reported former
> United States president 
>   Jimmy Carter is set to lead the team.
> 
>   The clauses were included in a Qatari-proposed
> Security Council resolution 
>   that was vetoed last week by the U.S.
> 
>   European states succeeded in changing the
> proposal's language, replacing the 
>   condemnation of the shelling with an expression of
> sorrow over the incident. 
>   A call on Palestinians to halt Qassam rocket fire
> at Israeli communities 
>   along the Gaza Strip had also been added..
> 
> 



 
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