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 Wednesday, March 24, 2004 |
UN rights group condemns Israel for Yassin killing
Jeannie Shawl at 11:28 AM ET
The UN Commission on Human Rights passed a resolution Wednesday condemning Israel for its targeted killing of Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin in a pre-dawn air strike in Gaza Monday. The resolution, proposed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Cuba and Zimbabwe, passed by a 31-2 vote, with the US and Australia voting against it. Israel's Ambassador said that countries are eager to divert attention from their own human rights record by engaging in "Israel-bashing." AP has more. The Commission resolution follows a UN Security Council meeting in New York Tuesday evening (previously reported on JURIST's Paper Chase) in which most speakers also condemned the killing.
UPDATE: A summary of the Commission meeting on the Yassin killing is now available from the UN's Geneva press office here.
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