[ad_1]
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Iceland on Friday (July 13) was elected to the vacant United Nations Human Rights Council after the United States left the body over what it has been against Israel bias. 19659002 Vote for the general badembly, Iceland picked up 172 votes during a secret ballot as the candidate put forward the regional grouping for that seat
Like the United States, Iceland has pledged to seek reform to the 47-
Iceland's Foreign Minister Thor Thordarson Gudlaugur said in an editorial last week that it was "time to address" the council's "shortcomings" The US Ambbadador Nikki Haley announced last month's Washington, DC, Washington, DC, and the United States. political bias. "
In particular, Haley had slammed the council for adopting resolutions condemning Israel, which has come under scrutiny by the council for its treatment of Palestinians.
The US exit from the rights council was seen as the latest (19659002) Washington, DC, United Nations Office for the Protection of Human Rights (19659002) (1965). s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName (s) [0];
if (d.getElementById (id)) return;
js = d.createElement (s); js.id = id;
js.async = true;
js.src = "http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=263116810509534";
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore (js, fjs);
} (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk');
[ad_2]
Source link
