US Is Lone Vote Against "Biased" UN Flotilla Report
Bloomberg reports:
The U.S. cast the only vote today against the endorsement by the United Nations Human Rights Council of a report that said Israel’s May 31 effort to stop a flotilla of ships from reaching the Gaza Strip was illegal.
The Human Rights Council voted 30 to 1, with 15 abstentions, to adopt a resolution sponsored by Pakistan. The text “welcomes” the report by a three-person panel appointed by the Geneva-based council, “endorses the conclusions” and recommends that the UN General Assembly consider further action.
“We are concerned by the report’s unbalanced language, tone and conclusions,” said Eileen Chamberlain, the U.S. ambassador to the UN in Geneva. “We urge that this report not be used for actions that could disrupt the direct Israeli- Palestinian talks now under way or actions that could make it harder for Israel and Turkey to move beyond the recent strains in their historically strong bilateral relationship.”
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