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PA, NGOs irked by UN refusal to slam Israel for 'violating' children's rights

UN report on children and armed conflict calls to investigate deaths of 59 Palestinian children in 2018 but stopped short of explicitly condemning Israel. Palestinian UN envoy calls on UN chief to include Israel in "list of shame," warns doing otherwise "undercuts efforts to put an end to the criminal violations against children around the world."

by  Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  08-05-2019 13:55
Last modified: 08-05-2019 14:15
PA, NGOs irked by UN refusal to slam Israel for 'violating' children's rightsAP

Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour | Photo: AP

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Top Palestinian officials and several pro-Palestinian groups leveled harsh criticism at the United Nations over the weekend, after the latest report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on children and armed conflicts did not specifically single out Israel.

According to a report by the Jewish Press, the UN chief called for an investigation into the deaths of 59 Palestinian children in 2018 but stopped short of explicitly condemning the Jewish state.

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"I am extremely concerned by the significant rise in the maiming of and injuries caused to children across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, including by tear gas inhalation requiring medical treatment," Guterres said, adding no specific censure.

He did, however, level harsh criticism at Syria, where 225 attacks on schools and medical facilities took place; and at Afghanistan, where 254 schools and hospitals were targeted last year.

"Increased numbers of attacks were also verified in the Central African Republic, Colombia, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen," Guterres said.

Palestinian Ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour lambasted the decision.

"The UN secretary-general should include Israel in the 'list of shame' and add it to the countries that commit horrendous acts, especially against children," he said.

By not including Israel, the UN was "undercutting efforts to put an end to the criminal violations against children around the world," he added, noting that the decision further undermined the credibility of the list.

Absolving Israel from any kind of accountability further endangers the lives of Palestinian children, Mansour warned.

"We call on the international community to save an entire generation. The difficult circumstances, humiliation, panic, and trauma caused by the detention of the Palestinian child are impeding society and aim at weakening it," the Palestinian Mission to the United Nations said in a statement.

Palestinian Authority Minister of Social Development Ahmad Majdalani admonished Guterres, saying that the UN chief "seems to have heard nothing of the violations committed by the Israeli occupation government against Palestinian children on a daily basis."

He asked how Israel had "managed to get itself excluded" from the report.

The Jewish Press noted that Jo Becker, children's rights advocacy director for the NGO Human Rights Watch, was also critical of Guterres' decision not to shame Israel in his report.

"The UN secretary-general simply refuses to hold to account all warring parties that have inflicted tremendous suffering on children," Becker said in a statement, further suggesting that "by listing selected violators but not others, Secretary-General Guterres is ignoring the UN's own evidence and undermining efforts to protect children in conflict."

NGO Save the Children blasted the UN chief, saying, "This decision shows that the secretary-general has placed politics before children and that states with powerful friends can get away with destroying children's lives with impunity."

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