October 3, 2006

In this statement to the Human Rights Council, China, on behalf of the Like-Minded Group, calls country-specific mandates "dysfunctional, unnecessary and controversial" and calls for them to be abolished. In the following paragraph, the Chinese ambassador distinguishes between mandates on Israel, and all other countries. Mandates on the Palestinian territories, and special sessions of the Council devoted to nothing but Israel, that lead to Israel's condemnation are a laudable exception. He notes that "occupation constitutes the worst form of human rights violations." Would the imprisoned Falun Gong members or victims of Darfur genocide agree?