Arab, Muslim states blast UN human rights envoys' report on war

GENEVA - Arab and Muslim countries on Wednesday angrily rejected a report by four UN human rights investigators on the Lebanon war, calling it "biased" and too soft on Israel.

The report accused Israel of committing "serious violations" of humanitarian law during the July 12-August 14 conflict, but it also said Hezbollah broke the law with their rocket attacks on Israeli civilians.

"The report is deferential to Israel, condescending towards Lebanon and accusatory towards Hezbollah," said Pakistan's ambassador Masood Khan speaking for the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) states.

"The OIC council members have decided to distance themselves from the conclusions of the report, which does not have any operative value," he told the United Nations' human rights watchdog, the Human Rights Council.


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