A special session with the United Nations Human Rights Council has been requested by the Ambassador of Bahrain on behalf of the Group of Arab States and the Ambassador to Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Conference. The special session, set for Wednesday, follows the U.S. veto of a draft resolution concerning Israel’s recent attack in Beit Hanoun last Saturday.
Mr. Maloon Kothari, an independent United Nations human rights expert and Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, says “The explanation by Israeli Authorities that this wantonly criminal act was a mistake is unacceptable. The shelling and subsequent killing of civilians indicates a premeditated military tactic constituting a collective form of punishment against the Palestinian People.”
“These latest killings must act as a call for the international community to awaken from the inaction and hesitation that has marked its attention to the grave crisis in Gaza”, Mr. Kothari added. He is calling for an international independent investigation and deployment of international forces in the region.
Elisa Burchett
The U.S. Vetoes U.N. Draft Resolution on Situation in Gaza
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2797&blz=1
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Mr. Maloon Kothari, an independent United Nations human rights expert and Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, says “The explanation by Israeli Authorities that this wantonly criminal act was a mistake is unacceptable. The shelling and subsequent killing of civilians indicates a premeditated military tactic constituting a collective form of punishment against the Palestinian People.”
“These latest killings must act as a call for the international community to awaken from the inaction and hesitation that has marked its attention to the grave crisis in Gaza”, Mr. Kothari added. He is calling for an international independent investigation and deployment of international forces in the region.
Elisa Burchett
The U.S. Vetoes U.N. Draft Resolution on Situation in Gaza
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=2797&blz=1
Please also see:
Israel opted for cheaper, unsafe cluster bombs in Lebanon war
By Meron Rapoport, Haaretz Correspondent
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/787777.html