The High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights has warned that the Israeli air attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, last week, threatened peace and stability in the region, and called for “responsibility for illegal murders.”
– Israeli attack on the negotiators in Dohi 9. September was a shocking violation of international law – said Volker Turk before the UN Council for Human Rights.
Israel targeted Hamas leaders in the attack on the Qatar capital, and five members of Hamas and one Qat’s member of the security forces were killed.
The attack provoked wide international condemnation, including reactions from the Gulf countries close the United States of America – the main Israeli ally.
Opening an emergency discussion before the Council, Turk described the attack as a “attack on regional peace and stability, and stroke on the integrity of peace and negotiating processes around the world.”
– That is why I condemn him and invite this council, as well as all governments, to do the same – he added.
The Chamber announced on Monday to convene his tenth emergency debate since the founding of 2006. years, after two official initiatives arrived from the Member States of Islamic cooperation and the Bay Cooperation Council.
Israel, who receded the UN Human Rights Council this year, reacted sharply to conjunction.
– This is another embarrassing chapter in the continued abuse of the Human Rights Council – said the Israeli Ambassador to UN in Geneva, Daniel Meron, journalists.
He accused the Council that “serves as a platform for anti-relative propaganda, ignoring brutal reality in the field and crimes committed by Hamas.”
Turk said that the Israeli attack was 9. September “violated the right to life according to international law on human rights and the principles of international humanitarian law.”
– targeting Parties participating in internationally supported peace negotiations in Qatar’s territory undermines the key role of that country as an intermediary and peace partner. It is an attack on global efforts for peaceful conflict resolution – he concluded.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on the Council to “confirm the key importance of peace negotiations and requests responsibility for illegal murders.”
(Vijesti.ba)
