Israel has been invited to formally join the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) of the UN Human Rights Council, a move that grants it national rights at the UNHRC.
Israel is to join the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) with which it has been feuding for years, an unnamed Israeli official told the news agency AFP. Israeli membership of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) in the UN Human Rights Council had been approved and a formal invitation was expected shortly, the official was quoted as saying.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) urged the U.S. to press the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe member states to monitor hate crime and confront anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry, ahead of the OSCE ministerial meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, which will take place on December 5-6.
British ForeignMinister William Hague has urged Israel to avoid any action that would undermine the interim nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 world powers over the weekend in Geneva.
Chancellor Angela Merkel lamented that 75 years after Kristallnacht, the anti-Jewish pogroms in Germany, Jewish institutions in the country still need police protection.
Israel’s willingness to release Palestinian prisoners who killed its citizens shows that it is serious about peace, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Eviatar Manor, told the United Nations Human Rights Council.
After a 18-month walk-out, Israel has decided to return to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) in Geneva, as it is scheduled to undergo a quadrennial review of its human rights record by the body on Tuesday.
The government in Jerusalem has condemned the selection of Iran for a high-level position on a United Nations committee dealing with disarmament and international security issues.
‘’We listen to the speeches at the United Nations, but the only way to test Iran's intentions is by deeds and not just words,’’ said Israeli President Shimon Peres at a press conference which followed a meeting in The Hague with judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
