Four delegations – those of Yugoslavia, India, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo – introduced a resolution in the Human Rights Commission Monday calling on the Commission to affirm “the right of inhabitants displaced or deported since the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East to return to their own country.”
The resolution also would have the Human Rights Commission affirm that “the government concerned (Israel) has the obligation to take the necessary measures in order to facilitate the return of those inhabitants to their own country without delay.”
The four-power anti-Israeli resolution received immediate support from the Ukrainian delegate. The Congo representative said his country had co-sponsored the resolution “purely on humanitarian grounds.” The representative of India, who introduced the draft resolution, said its sponsors had been motivated by “purely humanitarian considerations.” She said the draft was an indication of concern over the state of tension in West Asia (Middle East) and represented a “timely reminder to the Israeli authorities to act with humanity.”
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