Palestine FM criticized India for abstention at UN vote

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RAMALLAH, 04 June 2021, (TON): Days after India abstained at the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution proposing to set up a Commission of Inquiry into violations related to Israel’s recent bombardment of Gaza, the foreign minister of the Palestinian National Authority has complained that New Delhi’s abstention, stifles the important work of advancing human rights for all peoples, including those of the Palestinian people.

Riyad al-Maliki has said “India missed an opportunity to join the international community at this turning point, both crucial and long overdue, on the path to accountability, justice and peace”.

India was among 14 countries that abstained on the proposal for an inquiry into the widely condemned human rights violations around the Israeli action in Gaza, and the systematic abuses in the Palestinian territories and inside Israel.

Twenty-four members voted in favor, and nine against the resolution that was adopted in Geneva on May 27.

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