Name: UN Human Rights Council calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel
Uploaded: 2024-04-05T06:01:56-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: The UN’s top human rights body has called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel, in a resolution on Friday to help prevent human rights violations against Palestinians amid Israel’s blistering military campaign in Gaza. The 47-member-country Human Rights Council voted 28-6 in favour of the resolution, with 13 abstentions. The sweeping […]

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UN Human Rights Council calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel

The UN’s top human rights body has called on countries to stop selling or shipping weapons to Israel, in a resolution on Friday to help prevent human rights violations against Palestinians amid Israel’s blistering military campaign in Gaza. The 47-member-country Human Rights Council voted 28-6 in favour of the resolution, with 13 abstentions. The sweeping […]

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