The United Nations Human Rights Council approved this Friday, April 5, a resolution that condemns, among other abuses, “the practice of starving civilians as a method of warfare in Gaza”despite the votes against from countries such as Germany, Argentina or the United States.
The resolution was approved on the last day of the 55th session of the Council, which lasted six weeks, with 28 votes in favor, 6 against and 13 abstentionsamong them those of France, India, Japan or the Netherlands.
A young Palestinian carrying bread walks past destroyed buildings in Gaza.
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The text also expresses “major concern” for statements by Israeli officials that “amount to incitement to genocide”, and calls on the international community to put an end to the sale and transfer of weapons to Israel “in order to avoid further violations of international humanitarian law”.
EFE
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