UN avoids Israel showdown, delays rights review

30.01.2013                      19.Schwat. 5773

Diplomatie:

UN avoids Israel showdown, delays rights review

UN Human Rights Council postpones Israel's Universal Periodic Review in response to J'lem's unprecedented refusal to cooperate.

The UN Human Rights Council avoided a showdown with Israel Tuesday when it agreed to delay its Universal Periodic Review until no later than November of this year, after Israel became the first country to boycott its scheduled session on the matter in Geneva on Tuesday….