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Resources updated between Monday, November 12, 2012 and Sunday, November 18, 2012
November 16, 2012
Draft was adopted without a vote.
UN GA Sixth Committee Draft Resolution "Measures to eliminate international terrorism" Development
November 15, 2012
MFA: Israelis do have human rights. The High Commissioner simply does not care about them.
Has the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights gone mute? Development
Draft Resolution was adopted with 160 votes in favor, 8 against (Australia, Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, Panama, United States) and 6 abstentions (Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, El Salvador, Honduras, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu).
Draft Resolution was adopted with 165 votes in favor, 1 against (Israel) and 6 abstentions (Cameroon, Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States).
GA Fourth Committee Draft Resolution "Assistance to Palestine refugees" Development
Draft Resolution was adopted with 163 votes in favor, 6 against (Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States) and 4 abstentions (Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu).
Draft Resolution was adopted with 166 votes in favor, 6 against (Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States), and 1 abstention (Cameroon).
Draft Resolution was adopted with 163 votes in favor, 6 against (Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States) and 6 abstentions (Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Honduras, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu).
Draft Resolution was adopted with 163 votes in favor, 6 against (Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States) and 4 abstentions (Cameroon, Honduras, Panama, Papua New Guinea).
Draft Resolution was adopted with 164 votes in favor, 6 against (Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States), and 2 abstentions (Cameroon, Papua New Guinea).
GA Fourth Committee Draft Resolution "Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues" Development
Draft Resolution was adopted with 91 votes in favor, 8 against (Australia, Canada, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, Palau, Panama, United States), and 71 abstentions.
Draft Resolution was adopted with 161 votes in favor, 2 against (Israel, Panama) and 13 abstentions.
GA Fourth Committee Draft Resolution "The occupied Syrian Golan" Development
November 14, 2012
November 13, 2012
Today UN Gen Assembly spends 3 hours slamming US; US's only friends? Israel, Palau, Micronesia and Marshall Islands.
Draft Resolution was adopted with 188 votes in favor, 3 against (Israel, Palau, United States) and 2 abstentions (Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia).
Saudi Arabia has been UN "Human Rights" Council member since 2006
Saudi Preacher Tortured Five-Year-Old Daughter to Death With Whips and Electric Shocks Human Rights Voices
November 12, 2012
Gabon, where rape cases seldom prosecuted, FGM & ritual killings of kids practiced, elected to UN's top rights body
UN Human Rights Council Elections: Electioneering Handout of Gabon Development
Ethiopia, where police and security officers routinely use torture against dissidents & students, wins a 3-year UN HRC term
UN Human Rights Council Elections: Electioneering Handout of Ethiopia Development
Cote d'Ivoire, where rape & domestic violence widespread & monitored for rights abuses even by UN, wins UN HRC seat
UN Human Rights Council Elections: Electioneering Handout of Cote d'Ivoire Development
Kazakhstan, where police use asphyxiation to obtain confessions, internet & media tightly controlled, joins UN HR Council
UN Human Rights Council Elections: Electioneering Handout of Kazakhstan Development
Obama admin joins hands with the likes of Venezuela, UAE, Pakistan, Kazakhstan on UN "human rights" body at today's elections; receives only 131 votes
UN Human Rights Council Elections: Electioneering Handout of United States Development
Venezuela, where government severely limits freedom of expression & criminalizes dissent, where 501 women were killed in one year as a result of domestic violence, where gov't-owned radio promotes antisemitic Protocols of Elders of Zion, wins UN HRC seat
UN Human Rights Council Elections: Electioneering Handout of Venezuela Development
Pakistan, where rape and 'honor' crimes are dire problem, where journalists are harassed & religious freedoms severely violated wins a 3-yr term on UN HRC (Pakistan 171 votes, US 131 votes; so much for Malala)
UN Human Rights Council Elections: Electioneering Handout of Pakistan Development
UAE, where punishment for conversion from Islam is death, where LGBT individuals face death penalty, where domestic workers are routinely subjected to physical & sexual abuse, wins UN HRC seat.
UN Human Rights Council Elections: Electioneering Handout of United Arab Emirates Development