Thursday, 15 October 2009

Thank you, England

The United Kingdom became the first Western country with voting rights on the UN Human Rights Council to clearly state that it would not endorse the Goldstone Report or the draft resolution based on that report, which had been placed before the council's two-day special session that opened Thursday in Geneva.
....President Shimon Peres blasted the Goldstone report in an earlier meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero in Jerusalem.
"Israel has investigated every war and action which it was compelled to undertake. We do not need outside judges," he said.
"We will not allow a majority that is hostile to Israel to judge us. If the Human Rights Council wants to be fair, I suggest that it consider Iran's call for Israel's destruction."
Peres stated that a tribunal "must be beyond reproach" and that there was no doubt the Arab League and opponents of Israel had a majority on the council.
"If the UN wishes to investigate, let them first investigate Iran for its call for Israel's destruction. Iran is a UN member," stressed Peres.
"Ahmadinejad was recently given the red carpet treatment in the halls of the organization. There is a limit to hypocrisy," the President said and added, "Why isn't Iran being investigated? Why does everyone remain silent?"
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