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We the peoples of the United Nations

determined to reaffirm faith

in fundamental human rights,

in the dignity and worth of the human person,

in the equal rights of men and women

and of nations large and small

preamble to the un charter, san francisco, 1945

an overview of the un and israel

AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE

A Diminished World Body


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Outline

I. WhoWeAre TheAmericanJewishCommittee.......3

II. IsraelandtheUN.....4

III. UNInstitutionalBias

GeneralAssemblyEmergencySpecialSessions...........5

Committee

on

the

Exercise

of

the

Inalienable

Rights

of

the

Palestinian

People..6DivisionforPalestinianRights....8

SpecialCommitteetoInvestigateIsraeliPractices AffectingtheHumanRights

ofthePalestinianPeople........................10

UnitedNationsCommissiononHumanRights....12

SpecialRapporteurontheSituationofHumanRightsinthePalestinian

Territoriessince1967..16

SpecialRapporteurontheRighttoFood....17

UnitedNationsReliefandWorksAgencyforPalestineRefugeesintheNear

EastandtheUnitedNationsHighCommissionerforRefugees..18

GeneralAssemblyResolutionsagainstIsrael......21

IV.RegionalDiscrimination....22

V. SomeRecentDevelopments..................23

VI.AnAgendaforChange:WheretoBegin....25

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I.WhoWeAre TheAmericanJewishCommittee

InclusionofahumanrightsprovisionintheUNCharterwasduetothebrilliantleadershipoftheAmericanJewishCommittee.Prof.JamesT.Shotwell ofColumbiaUniversity.FormerAJCPresidentsJacobBlausteinandJudgeJosephProskauer playedapivotalroleinensuringinclusionofthehumanrightsclausesintheUNCharter.

JacobBlaustein,formerpresidentofAJC,ina1963DagHammarskjldMemorialLecture,firstconceptualizedthepositionofHighCommissionerforHuman Rights,whichwasfinallyimplementedattheUNthirtyyearslater.

Felice

Gaer,

director

of

AJC

s

Jacob

Blaustein

Institute,

became,

in

1999,

the

first

U.S.

nationalelectedtotheUNCommitteeagainstTorture,atreatymonitoringcommittee.

AJChashadNGOspecialconsultativestatusbeforetheUNEconomicandSocialCouncilsince1997.

AnumberofformerdiplomatsappointedtotopU.S.postsinUNbodiesservedinAJC

leadershippositions,includingformer U.S.AmbassadortotheUNArthurGoldberg,formerU.S.AmbassadortotheUNinGenevaMorrisAbram,formerDeputyU.S.RepresentativetotheUNSecurityCouncilRichardSchifter,andformerU.S.RepresentativestotheCommissiononHumanRightsRitaHauser,PhilipHoffman,and

JerryShestack.

TheAmerican

Jewish

Committee

has

been

asignificant

presence

at the

United

Nationsfromthebeginning. UNSecretaryGeneralKofiAnnan

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II.IsraelandtheUN

ThetimedevotedtodebatingandpassingtheresolutionsrelatingtotheArabIsraeliconflictisdisproportionatetoanyothersituationintheworldandtherebyperpetuatestheinstitutionalbiasagainstIsraelat theUN.

TheUnitedNations,bothinitsNewYorkandGenevacenters,hostsanumberofbodiesdedicatedtopreservingandadvancingaonesidedviewof

theArabIsraeliconflict.

ThoughIsraelhasremainedaUNmemberingoodstandingsince1949,itissystematicallydiscriminatedagainst,contradictingtheveryprinciplesuponwhichtheUNwasbased.

Therehavebeenmorecommitteesformed,morespeechesmade,more resolutionsadopted,andmoreresourcesspentcondemningIsraelthanonanyothernation.

ThefollowingpagesillustratesomekeyexamplesoftheUNsantiIsraelmechanisms.

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III.UNInstitutionalBias

TheEmergencySpecialSessionwasinitiallycreatedin1950tocalltheGeneralAssemblytogethertorespondtotheworldsgravestsecurityproblemsiftheSecurityCouncilfailedtoact.

GeneralAssembly

Emergency

Special

Sessions

SixoutoftenofallEmergencySpecialSessionsoftheUNGeneralAssemblyhavebeendevotedtocriticizingIsrael.

10%

10%

10%

10%

60%

The10th EmergencySpecialSession,moreover,hasbeencalledtogethertwelvetimes.Itisapermanentfixture,reconvenedautomaticallybyrequestofanymemberstate,andusedforpoliticalcriticismofIsrael attimesevenwhiletheGeneralAssemblyisinsession.

Israel

November

1956,

August

1958,June1967,July1980,February1982,June1982,July1982,August1982,September1982,April1997,July1997,November1997,March1998,February1999,October2000,December2001,May2002,August2002,September2003,October2003,December2003

Hungary November1956

Congo September1960

Afghanistan January1980

Namibia September1981

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Committeeon

the

Exercise

of

the

Inalienable

Rights

of

the

PalestinianPeople(CEIRPP)

TheCEIRPPistheonlycommitteeamongthesubsidiaryorgansoftheGeneralAssemblydevotedtoasinglepeople.


CommitteeonContributions

CommitteeforProgrammeandCoordination

CommitteeonConferences

CommitteeonthePeacefulUsesofOuterSpace

Committeeon

the

Exercise

of

the

Inalienable

RightsofthePalestinianPeople

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CommitteeonInformation

CommitteefortheUnitedNationsPopulationAward

UnitedNationsScientificCommitteeontheEffectsofAtomicRadiation

ConsultativeCommittee

on

the

United

NationsDevelopmentFundforWomen

CommitteeonRelationswiththeHostCountry


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YEARFOUNDED:1975

BUDGET:$60,8001

CURRENTMEMBERS:Afghanistan,Belarus,Cuba,Cyprus,Guinea,Guyana,India,LaoPeoplesDemocraticRepublic,Madagascar,Malaysia,Mali,Malta,Namibia,Nigeria,Pakistan,Senegal,SierraLeone,SouthAfrica,Tunisia,Turkey,andUkraine

TheprogramorganizedbyCEIRPPentitledUnitedNationsMeetinginSupportofMiddleEastPeace, heldinJuly2005,highlightsjustoneexampleofthepropagandathattheCEIPRRproduces. InsteadofworkingwiththeIsraeligovernment andNGOs,participantsoftheprogramcalledforboycotts,divestmentandsanctionsagainstIsrael.2 Theyalso

agreedontheneedtopushforaUnitedNationsresolutiontoendalldefensedealingswithIsrael.3 Despitethenameoftheprogram,thesekindsofCEIRPPsponsoredmeetingsdonothingbutinflametensions.

Committeeon

the

Exercise

of

the

Inalienable

Rights

of

the

PalestinianPeople(CEIRPP)

TheCEIRPPsbiasedapproachexacerbatestheconflictratherthanbuildsanenvironmentofpeace.

[1]AllbudgetsinthispresentationarebasedonUNbienniumbudget20042005unlessstatedotherwise.

[2]UNPressReleaseGA/PAL/989,07/13/05,www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/gapa1989.doc.htm

[3]UNPressReleaseGA/PAL/989,07/13/05,www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/gapa1989.doc.htm

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Divisionfor

Palestinian

Rights

(DPR)

TheDPRistheonlydivisionintheDepartmentofPoliticalAffairsdevotedtoasinglepeople.

DepartmentofPoliticalAffairs

UnderSecretaryGeneral

OfficeoftheUnderSecretary

General

ExecutiveOffice

PolicyPlanning

Unit

AssistantSecretaryGeneral

AssistantSecretaryGeneral

Electoral

Assistance

Division

Security

CouncilAffairs

Division

Africa2

Division

Africa1

Division

Divisionfor

PalestinianRights

Americas&

Europe

Division

DecolonizationUnit

Asia&the

Pacific

Division

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Divisionfor

Palestinian

Rights

(DPR)

TheDPRalsoexacerbatestheconflictratherthanbuildsanenvironmentofpeace.

[1]http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/22f431edb91c6f548525678a0051be1d/cbb4b10e7b190c818525704900595160!OpenDocument

YEARFOUNDED:1977BUDGET:$5,449,600(compared,asanillustration,to$1.1millionfortheAfricanInstituteforEconomicDevelopment)MANDATE:PreparesstudiesandpublicationsontheissueofPalestinianrightsandpromotesmaximumpublicityforthem. Convenesinternationalmeetingsandconferencesinallregionsoftheworld. AlloftheactivitiesoftheDPRaregearedtowards

mobilizingpublic

opinion

in

the

regions

in

support

of

the

Palestinian

people.

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Inpractice,

thisamountstoanantiIsraelpropagandamachineabletospreaditsmessagethroughouttheworld.

TheDPR,alongwiththeCEIRPP,onNovember29,2005,initsannualInternationalDayofSolidaritywiththePalestinianPeople(heldonthesamedayin1947thatthePalestinian

peoplerejectedtheUNpartitionplan,whichwouldhavegiventhePalestinianstheirownstate)convenedahighlevelmeeting,whichprominentlydisplayedamapoftheMiddleEastthatblatantlyexcludedtheentireStateofIsrael.

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SpecialCommittee

to

Investigate

Israeli

Practices

Affecting

the

HumanRightsofthePalestinianPeople

TheSpecialCommitteeistheonlyseparatecommitteeintheGAshumanrightsstructuredevotedtoasinglepeople.

Reproductionof

Structure

of

the

UN

Human

Rights

Bodies

and

Mechanisms based

on

www.ohchr.org/english.structure.htm

General Assembly

Economic and Social Council

Other subsidiary bodies

Commission on CrimePrevention and Criminal

Justice

Commission on the Status ofWomen (CSW)

Commission on Human Rights

Sub-Commission on the Promotion andProtection of Human Rights

Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and OtherArabs of the Occupied Territories

Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

Human Rights Committee

Committee against Torture

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Committee on Migrant Workers and their Families

Special Procedures(Country and Thematic Mandates)

Working Groups

Studies by Special Rapporteurs

Working Groups

HumanRights

Structure

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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

(Treatymonitoringbodies)


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SpecialCommittee

to

Investigate

Israeli

Practices

Affecting

the

HumanRightsofthePalestinianPeople

TheSpecialCommitteesmandateisonesided,viewingIsraeliactioninavacuumandignoringIsraelisuffering.

YEARFOUNDED:1968BUDGET:$254,500PERMANENTMEMBERS:SriLanka,Senegal,MalaysiaMANDATE:InvestigateIsraelipracticesaffectingthePalestinian people

TheCommitteesannualreportthisyear(A/60/380) whichpresentedameticulousdescriptionofeverydetailofPalestinianproblems,evenincludingthenumberoftreesthattheIsraeliDefenseForcehasallegedlycutdown doesnotmention,evenonce,anyPalestiniansuicidebombingsorotheractsofpremeditatedviolenceagainstinnocent

men,

women,

and

children.

The

Special

Committee

is

not

mandated

to

examine

anythingbeyondIsraeliaction.

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11[1] http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/background.htm[2] UN General Assembly. A more secure world: our shared responsibility. Report of the High-level Panel on Threats,Challenges and Change. 3 December 2004, p.64 (A/59/565).


UnitedNations

Commission

on

Human

Rights

(UNCHR)

YEARFOUNDED:1946

MANDATE:This

53

member

body

sits

in

Geneva

for

six

weeks

in

March

and

April

to

examine,monitorandpubliclyreporteitheronhumanrightssituationsinspecificcountriesorterritoriesoronmajorphenomenaofhumanrightsviolationsworldwide.1

TheCommissionsuffersfrommarkedinternalproblemsandcontradictions.Itsmembershiphasincludednotoriousabusersofhumanrights suchasCuba,SaudiArabia,Sudan,andZimbabwe.Andin2003,Libya,oneofthemost egregioushumanrightsabusers,chairedtheCommission.Recently,areformpanel ofeminentpersonsfromeighteencountriesappointedbytheSecretaryGeneralreferredtotheCommissionserodingcredibilityandprofessionalism.TheCommissiononHumanRightssuffersfromalegitimacydeficitthatcastsdoubtsontheoverallreputationoftheUnited

Nations.2

WhileIsraelhasnotservedontheCommissionsince1970,itiscontinuouslyandunfairlycondemnedbyit;duringthe2005session,forexample,nearlyaquarteroftheentiredebatefocusedonIsrael.

TheCommissionhasahistoryofmakingbiaseddecisionsrelatedtotheArabIsraeliconflict.

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UnitedNations

Commission

on

Human

Rights

(UNCHR)

Item8. QuestionoftheviolationofhumanrightsintheoccupiedArabterritories,includingPalestine.

Item8. QuestionoftheviolationofhumanrightsintheoccupiedArabterritories,includingPalestine.

Item9. Questionoftheviolationofhumanrightsandfundamentalfreedomsinanypartoftheworld.

Item9. Questionoftheviolationofhumanrightsandfundamentalfreedomsinanypartoftheworld.

TheCommissionhasaseparateagendaitemfocusingsolelyonallegedviolationsbyIsrael.Noothercountryhasanagendaitemexclusivelyscrutinizingit.

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AttheCommission,Israelreceivesdisproportionateattentionandtheharshestcondemnationofanyothercountry.


UnitedNations

Commission

on

Human

Rights

(UNCHR)

Incountryspecificresolutions,Israelwascondemnedmorethananyothercountry.Meanwhile,statesknownasegregioushumanrightsviolators likeIranandSudanevadedexplicitcondemnation.

1

#ofResolutions

Belarus Cuba Israel NorthKorea Myanmar

CountrySpecific

Resolutions

(from

agenda

item

8and

9)

per

Country

in

2005

1 1 1

3

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UnitedNations

Commission

on

Human

Rights

(UNCHR)

Item5. Therightofpeoplestoselfdeterminationanditsapplicationtopeoplesundercolonialoraliendominationorforeignoccupation.

Item5. Therightofpeoplestoselfdeterminationanditsapplicationtopeoplesundercolonialoraliendominationorforeignoccupation.

ThoughIsraelhasrecognizedthePalestinianrighttoselfdetermination including,specifically,aPalestinianstatealongsideIsraeltheCommissionadoptedyetanotherresolution

againstIsrael

in

2005

under

agenda

item

5.

Meanwhile,theCommissionignoredvirtuallyalloftheotherpeoplesclaimingselfdetermination.

TheCommissioncriticizesIsraelforallegedlydenyingprinciplesIsraelalreadyaffirms.

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15[1] http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/chr/special/countries.htm


SeveralSpecialRapporteursunfairlydemonizeIsrael.

NAME:JohnDugardMANDATE:SpecialRapporteuronthesituationofhumanrightsinthePalestinianterritoriesoccupiedsince1967

SpecialRapporteur

on

the

Situation

of

Human

Rights

in

the

PalestinianTerritoriesOccupiedsince1967

DugardsreportsconsistentlyanddeliberatelyomitanywordaboutPalestinianterrorism,corruptionorincitement.AsIsraelwasabouttowithdrawfromGazainthesummerof2005 astepviewedbytheworldcommunityasconsequential DugardissuedastatementobjectingtothenegotiationsoccurringundertheRoad Maptopeace.

Unlikenearlyallothermandates,whicharereviewedannually,theSpecialRapporteuronPalestinescontinuesuntiltheendoftheIsraelioccupation1 withoutexpiration.

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16[1]

Le Courrier.http://www.lecourrier.ch/modules.php?op=modload&name=NewsPaper&file=article&sid=39829&mod=thread&order=0&thold=0


SeveralSpecialRapporteursunfairlydemonizeIsrael.

NAME:JeanZieglerMANDATE:SpecialRapporteurontherighttofood

Ziegler,whowasnominatedtohispositionbyFidelCastroandMoammarKhaddafi,andwhofoundedtheMoammarKhadaffiHumanRightsPrize in1989(andthenwonitin2002),hassystematicallyneglectedhismandateonworldhungerinorderto advancehisradicalantiIsraelagenda.WhiletheWestBankandGazahaveneverrankedanywhereontheUNlistof

countriesfacing

food

emergencies,

in

2003,

it

was

the

only

region

in

the

world

visited

by

Ziegler,whosevitriolicreportaccusedIsraelofstateterrorism, languagehereservesonlyforIsrael. ContrarytoUNrulesandresponsibility,ZieglerhasalsobeenusinghisUNofficetorunaboycottcampaignagainstIsrael,urgingtheEuropeanUnionand majorcorporationstocuttradewithIsrael.HehasneverlaunchedacampaignagainstSudanoranyothercountry.WhileherepeatedlyweighsinonthesituationinthePalestinianterritories, countriessuchasBurundi,

withstaggeringmalnutrition,failtomeritawordfromZiegler.

ZieglerfrequentlydepictsIsraelinNaziterms.Mostrecently,inaGenevaspeechdeliveredpriortoIsraelswithdrawalfromGaza,hereferredtotheareaasahugeconcentrationcamp.1

SpecialRapporteur

on

the

Right

to

Food

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[1] http://www.un.org/unrwa/overview/qa.html

[2] http://www.un.org/unrwa/refugees/whois.html

[3] http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/basics/opendoc.htm?tbl=BASICS&id=420cc0432


Thetermrefugeeisaveryspecificdefinitioncoveringonlypeoplewho

havefledtheirhomeland...3

A[Palestine]refugeealsocoversthedescendantsofpersonswho

becamerefugeesin1948.2

19501949asatemporaryagency1ESTABLISHED

UNRWAUnitedNationsReliefandWorksAgencyforPalestine

Refugees

in

the

Near

East

UnitedNations

Relief

and

Works

Agency

for

Palestine

Refugees

intheNearEastandtheUnitedNationsHighCommissionerforRefugees

TherearetwoUNagenciesdealingwithrefugees,oneforPalestinians,UNRWA,

andone

for

everyone

else,

UNHCR.

The

descendants

of

Palestinian refugees

are

still

consideredrefugees,whereasthedescendantsofallotherrefugeesarenot.

In1949,UNRWAnumbered860,000refugees.Asaresultofthissingulardefinition,thatnumberhasincreasedto4.2milliontoday.

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DEFINITIONOFREFUGEE

UNHCRUnitedNationsHighCommissionerforRefugees


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[1] http://www.un.org/unrwa/allegations/index.html

[2] http://www.un.org/unrwa/index.html

[3] Interview with Peter Hansen, Director of UNRWA, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 10/4/05


Toleadandcoordinateinternationalactiontoprotect

refugeesandresolverefugee

problemsworldwide

2

(emphasisadded)

UNRWAUnitedNationsReliefand

WorksAgencyforPalestineRefugeesintheNearEast

UnitedNations

Relief

and

Works

Agency

for

Palestine

Refugees


UNHCRresolvesrefugeeproblemsbyincludingtheoptionofresettlement.UNRWA,

becauseof

its

singular

mandate,

deliberately

avoids

resettling

Palestinian

refugees,

keepingthemrefugeesindefinitely. RefugeecampsbecomeincubatorsforinstillinghatredagainstIsraelandforrecruitingmembersofantiIsraelterroristgroups.

UNRWAevenbankrollsmembersofmilitantgroupsdedicatedtodestroyingIsrael.3

TocarryoutdirectreliefandworksprogrammesforPalestinerefugees1

19

MANDATE

UNHCR

United

Nations

High

CommissionerforRefugees


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UnitedNations

Relief

and

Works

Agency

for

Palestine

Refugees


PalestinianrefugeesreceivemoreUNpersonnelandmorefundingpercapitathan

allother

refugees.1

$116

$60

PerCapitaSpendingonUNRefugees(inU.S.Dollars)

UNRWA UNHCR

[1] Drawn from the respective agency websites. In 2006, UNHCR will allocate $1,147,297,000 and 7,031 relief workers for its

19.2 million refugees (http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/excom/opendoc.pdf?tbl=EXCOM&id=431e9a222) and UNRWAwill allocate $489 million and 24,324 relief workers for its 4.2 million refugees (http://www.un.org/unrwa/news/statements/pledging_conference_dec05.html and http://www.un.org/unrwa/overview/qa.html#a).

UNHCR

UNRWA

PerCapitaUNPersonnelAllocatedperRefugeeAgency

=100UNRWArefugees

ReliefWorkers NumberofRefugees

=1UNreliefworker

Legend

=100UNHCRrefugees

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GeneralAssembly

Resolutions

against

Israel

60/36Committeeon

the

Exercise

of

the

Inalienable

Rights

ofthePalestinianPeople

60/37DivisionforPalestinianRightsoftheSecretariat

60/38SpecialInformationProgrammeontheQuestionof

PalestineoftheDepartmentofPublicInformationofthe

Secretariat

60/39PeacefulSettlementoftheQuestionofPalestine

60/40TheSyrianGolan

60/41Jerusalem

60/92TheRiskofNuclearProliferationintheMiddleEast

60/100AssistancetoPalestinianRefugees

60/101PersonsDisplacedasaResultoftheJune1967and

SubsequentHostilities

60/102OperationsoftheUnitedNationsReliefand

WorksAgencyforPalestinianRefugeesintheNearEast

60/103PalestineRefugees PropertiesandTheirRevenues

60/104WorkoftheSpecialCommitteetoInvestigate

IsraeliPracticesAffectingtheHumanRightsofthe

Palestinian

People

and

Other

Arabs

of

the

Occupied

Territories

60/105ApplicabilityoftheGenevaConvention

RelativetotheProtectionofCivilianPersonsinTime

ofWar,of12August1949,totheOccupiedPalestinian

Territory,IncludingEastJerusalem,andOther

OccupiedArabTerritories

60/106IsraeliSettlementsintheOccupiedPalestinian

Territory,IncludingJerusalemandtheOccupied

SyrianGolan

60/107IsraeliPracticesAffectingtheHumanRightsof

thePalestinianPeopleintheOccupiedTerritory

IncludingEastJerusalem

60/108TheOccupiedSyrianGolan

60/146TheRightofthePalestinianPeopletoSelf

Determination

60/183PermanentSovereigntyofthePalestinian

PeopleovertheirNaturalResources

21 [1] From www.un.org/Depts/dh/resguide/r60.htm

WhileIsraelwascondemnedin18separateresolutionsduringthe GeneralAssemblys60th session,themostresolutionsagainstanyothercountrywasone,ifthat. Indeed,acountrylikeSudanavoidedanycensuredespiteitscentralroleintheongoingDarfurtragedy.1


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UNmembersaredividedintofiveregionalgroupsfornominatingcandidatestoUNbodiesandforconsultationonresolutions. Thoughlongtheonlynationdeniedentryintoany

regional

group,

Israel

was

recently

temporarily

permitted

to

join

the

Western

European

and

OthersGroup WEOG. WEOGisnotIsraelsnatural home;however,itsneighborsintheAsianGrouprefuseIsraelsentry.WEOG,moreover,onlymeetsinNewYork,leavingIsraelwithoutconsultativepartnersinUNcentersinGeneva,Nairobi,andVienna.

IV.UNInstitutionalBias

LegendAsianGroupAfricanGroupEasternEuropeanGroupLatinAmericanandCaribbeanGroupWesternEuropeanandOthersGroup

RegionalDiscrimination

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IsraelisomittedfromfullparticipationintheUNswork


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V.SomeRecentDevelopments

InJune2005,IsraeliAmbassadortotheUN,Dan

Gillerman,waselectedoneofthetwentyonenewvicepresidentsoftheGeneralAssembly,thefirsttimeIsraelhasheldthatpositioninmorethanhalfacentury.

InJuly2005,IsraelwaselectedtodeputychairmanshipoftheUnitedNationsDisarmamentCommission(UNDC).IthasalsobecomeamemberoftheGoverningCouncilsoftheUnitedNationsEnvironmentalProgramme(UNEP)andtheUnitedNationsHumanSettlementsProgramme(UNHABITAT),aswellasamemberoftheCommissiononNarcoticDrugs.

ThroughitsWEOGmembershipinNewYork,IsraelhasplacedabidforaseatintheSecurityCouncilfor2018.Sinceitgainedmembershipin1949,IsraelhasneversatontheSecurityCouncil.

LEADERSHIPPOSITIONSONUNBODIES

Whilethere

is

still

much

to

do,

as

aresult

of

its

WEOG

membership,

Israel

has

madesomeprogresstowardsfullparticipationintheUN.

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VI.AnAgendaforChange:WheretoBegin

Endtheautomaticrenewalofthe10th EmergencySpecialSessionoftheGA.

Immediately

end

support

of

the

Division

for

Palestinian

Rights,

the

Committee

ontheExerciseoftheInalienableRightsofthePalestinianPeople,andtheSpecialCommitteetoInvestigateIsraeliPracticesintheOccupiedTerritories.

Eliminateagendaitem8oftheCommissiononHumanRightsthatsegregatesIsraelfromtherestoftheworld.

EnsureIsraelsfullparticipationinaregionalgroupineveryUNcenter.

TheAmerican

Jewish

Committee,

having

played

akey

role

in

including

the

concept

ofhumanrightsintheUnitedNationsCharter,andasaconsistentsupporteroftheUNideal,deeplycaresabouttheUnitedNations credibility.Butasthisreporthasdemonstrated,IsraelissingledoutattheUNandtreateddifferentlythanallothernations.ThisinstitutionalbiasunderminestheUNanddivertsneededattention

fromsome

of

the

most

neglected

and

pressing

global

challenges.

Someimmediatestepsthatcouldbetakentorectifythesituationinclude:

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Insum,treatIsraelexactlyascalledforbytheUNCharter,equalrightsofequalrightsofnationsnationslargeandsmalllargeandsmall


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ResearchedandwrittenbyMaxineKaye,SeniorAssistanttothe Executive Director, and Zev Nagel, Senior Fellow,AmericanJewishCommittee.

Conceived and supervised by David A. Harris, ExecutiveDirector,AmericanJewishCommittee.

Special thanks to Roselyn Bell, Director of Publications;AaronJacob,AssociateDirectorof InternationalAffairs; andHillelNeuer,ExecutiveDirectorofUNWatch,anaffiliateofAJC,fortheirinvaluableinputandassistance.

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