Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Well, this was predictable. Israel has withdrawn what was obviously a test draft for a UN resolution to protect Israeli children. The proposal mirrored in all aspects a text already approved defending Palestinian children.
Not surprisingly, the mirror-image Israeli proposal met such opposition and ammendment, it has been withdrawn. As if one needed any more evidence on the worthlessness and moral bankruptcy of the United Nations, here is one more piece.
Israel withdraws demand for UN protection of its children
Ambassador Dan Gillerman, head of the Israeli mission to the United Nations, withdrew the text before the human rights committee of the UN General Assembly had time to take action on it.
"It is with regret that we withdraw the draft resolution and we will not ask the committee for a vote," Gillerman told the committee.
Gillerman said some countries had proposed "hostile amendments (to the draft) which distorted and perverted the focus and intend of the draft resolution." [...]
Since it was presented to the committee in late October, the Israeli draft had been heavily amended by a group of countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates. The amendments took away all references to Israeli children...
