Israel will
cut two million dollars from its UN dues in response to “anti-Israel”
resolutions passed by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Foreign Ministry
confirmed Thursday.
Spokesman
Emmanuel Nahshon said the funds will be diverted to development projects in
“friendly” countries.
The decision
comes after the UNHRC on March 17, passed five resolutions condemning Israeli
settlement activity and human rights violations in the Golan Heights.
Israel pays
about 11 million dollars annually to the UN.
In January,
Israel said it was cutting six million dollars from its annual dues in response
to a UN Security Council resolution slamming Israeli settlement activity in
East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
UNHCR
adopted five resolutions critical of Israel, in spite of opposition from the
U.S. and an unprecedented critique from the UK.
The
47-member council passed the resolutions on alleged Israeli human rights
abuses: a vote on “Human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan” passed with 26 in
favour, three against and 18 abstentions.
Members also
passed a resolution called “Ensuring accountability and justice for all
violations of International law in the Occupied Palestinian territory,
including East Jerusalem” garnered 30 votes in favour, two against and 15
abstentions.
43 members
voted for a resolution called “Right of the Palestinian people to
self-determination,” while two voted against and two abstained; the resolution
“Human Rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian territory, including East
Jerusalem garnered 41 votes in favour, two against and four abstentions.
The
resolution condemning Israeli had 36 in favour, two against and nine
abstentions.
(dpa/NAN)
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