Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Of course they did: AlJazeera: 'OIC initiated Goldstone inquiry'
...Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu: Let me first start by completing the story of the history of the Goldstone report. What I would like to put on record is that the OIC was the initiator of this process.
On January 3, during the attacks on Gaza, we convened the executive committee of the OIC on a ministerial level. It was decided that the OIC group in Geneva should ask the Human Rights Council to convene and consider the possibility of sending a fact-finding mission to Gaza.
The OIC was instrumental in getting through this resolution and thanks to the good offices of Ms Pilay, the UN high commissioner, that she formed this fact-finding mission headed by Judge Goldstone.
On October 8, I visited Geneva and had a meeting with OIC ambassadors and the high commissioner. We revived the process again and the Goldstone report has been approved by the rights council...
Just more evidence that the UN generally, and Goldstone in particular, are nothing more, and never have been meant as anything more, than another front in the Islamic war against the Jewish State (or whoever their enemy of the moment will be next). They've failed on the battlefield, so they've moved to the halls of the UN. They'll fail there, too, but not before even more damage is done.
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I wonder, where were the UN, OIC and all others just BEFORE Israel had launched a military operation? Although Israel had clearly warned Hamas, that if it will carry on the rocket attacks on Israeli cities, Israel will strike back.
Wasn't it clear to UN guys at this stage, that fighting in such densely populated area, like Gaza strip will cause to civilian casualties?