UN General Assembly adopts Goldstone report
November 6th, 2009 - 4:48 am ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )New York, Nov 6 (DPA) The UN General Assembly Thursday voted 114-18 to adopt a controversial report on the Israel-Hamas fighting in the Gaza Strip earlier this year.
The majority voting bloc of Arab and Non-Aligned Movement countries in the 192-nation assembly easily provided the votes for passing the report drawn up by a four-member commission headed by South African Judge Richard Goldstone, which accused both sides of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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