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Old October 24th, 2009 #1
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Default European Jewish group calls on EU to form new independent human rights organization

European Jewish group calls on EU to form new independent human rights organization

Subtitle: 'Goldstone Report shows that dictatorships and repressive regimes have veto over democracies'

http://ejpress.org/article/39999

24/Oct/2009 10:22

PARIS (EJP)---The European Jewish Congress has called on the European Union to form a new independent human rights organization with fellow democracies and nations with respect for human rights.

Expressing outrage at the high level of politicization demonstrated at the Geneva United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with the recent Goldstone Report resolution on the Gaza war, Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress, declared: "The UNHRC has lofty goals which of course we support. However, in practice it has become the ‘theatre of the absurd’ when it allows nations like Saudi Arabia and Cuba a veto over democracies like Israel".

"We call on the European Union, to create a new human rights organization made up of those nations which are open and free democracies and leave politics outside of its doors," he said.

"The council’s obsession with Israel is hampering its efforts to achieve justice for those who scream out for their rights as human beings. The Goldstone Report resolution is leaving many disappointed and in despair that true human rights abuse will receive little interest," Kantor continued.

The EJC noted that the "one-sided nature" of the resolution was the reason it was not supported by many countries, including Canada, Japan, Switzerland the European Union. Many European nations are represented on the Council including the United Kingdom, Italy and France.

"This report places at risk any decent nation who wishes to fight and eliminate terror and will jeopardize the efforts of many European countries defending our continent around the world from the ravages of the ever increasing terrorist threat," Kantor said.

The European Jewish Congress said it will lobby the European nations represented on the UN Human Rights Council to reject the Goldstone Commission Report when it arrives at the United Nations Security Council in New York.
 
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