GAZA - UN HRC Votes - 23 July 2014 Resolution - Who's for and Who's against?

Firstpost. Saturday, August 2, 2014 India to provide $1 million for aid to Gaza victims ... India contributes $1 million towards the UNRWA fund each year. The money is being planned to be expedited in view of the unceasing violence and the mounting suffering of the people of Gaza. India voted against Israel in the July 24 UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution that sought a probe into Israel's offensive in Gaza ad also condemned Tel Aviv's "disproportionate use of force". The India vote caused some consternation in Israel, with which India shares good relations. There was some censure for India's negative vote for Israel as experts felt that maybe India should have abstained, keeping in mind the good economic relations, especially in defence purchases, New Delhi shares with Tel Aviv. ... India joined Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa to vote for a Palestinian-drafted resolution on "Ensuring Respect for International Law in The Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem". In the 46-member human rights council, 29 countries voted in support of the resolution while 17 nations abstained. Supporting calls for an immediate ceasefire, India said at the UNHRC that it is "deeply concerned at the steep escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, particularly heavy airstrikes in Gaza and disproportionate use of force on ground, resulting in tragic loss of civilian lives, especially women and children and heavy damage to property." ... This story has not been edited by Firstpost staff and is generated by auto-feed. EXTRACTS ONLY ... FULL @ SOURCE - http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/india-to-provide-1-million-for-aid-to-gaza-victims-1645971.html

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Human Rights Council

Twenty-first special session

23 July 2014

A/HRC/RES/S-21/1

                        Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council

                              S-21/1

Ensuring respect for international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem

UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Member Total: 47

[ 29 ] - For

[  1  ] - Against

[ 17 ] - Gutless

In favour:

Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam

Against:

United States of America

Abstaining:

Austria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Gabon, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Republic of Korea, Romania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]

Anyone that's interested in reading the Resolution, may do so - here.

COMMENT

Well, at least US had the guts to openly vote against.

The gutless abstainers are by and large US NATO allies, plus those involved in the US Partnership for Peace 'boy scouts' co-op (Austria, Macedonia).

To my mind, PfP is the US way to gain influence over other nations (but isn't everything?).

So what's the story of:

Botswana - US reliant - 

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is another US way of gaining influence.

Botswana gets US assistance.

The pals relationship with US also entitles them to 'preferential trade benefits' 

source:  http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/1830.htm

Burkina Fasco - appears to depend on US aid -

"Burkina Faso is classified as a least developed, low income, and food deficit country.  The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 2013 Human Development Index ranks Burkina Faso 183 out of 187 countries, and over 44 percent of the population lives below the poverty line."

source:  http://www.usaid.gov/burkina-faso/food-assistance

Republic of Korea (ie SOUTH KOREA) - Strong US ally and trade partner

2009 G-20 London Summit, U.S. President Barack Obama called South Korea "one of America's closest allies and greatest friends."  In addition, South Korea has been designated as a Major non-NATO ally. [wikipedia]

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How to control the world in 4 easy steps:

1.  Protection/Security agreements.

2.  Mid-way hand-holding, peace-loving programs to gain influence.

3.  Trade agreements.

4.  Aid provision / Food provision.

But that's not all folks ... there's more.  LOL


So getting back to the UN HRC resolution (which I've just about totally forgotten), there's some deploring and some condemning documented - and there's resolutions. UN HRC:

"Decides to urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry, to be appointed by the President of the Human Rights Council, to investigate all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly in the occupied Gaza Strip, in the context of the military operations conducted since 13 June 2014 ..."

So it's hardly a big stick, is it?

It's not like they were voting on immediate military action in the region.

It was just a call for human rights observance!