India votes in favour of Goldstone report

Betwa Sharma
United Nations, Nov 6 (PTI) India has voted in favour of
a UN resolution endorsing the Goldstone report that requires
Israel and Palestine to investigate war crimes in the Gaza
Strip, after initially expressing reservations about it.

Expressing support for the resolution, Indian Deputy
Envoy to the United Nations, Manjeev Singh Puri told PTI, "Our
commitment to the Palestinian cause is complete."
Puri, however, noted that India could not make an
"unqualified endorsement". "We do not approve of the referral
to the Security Council and the ICC," he said.
The 192-member world body approved the resolution by
a vote of 114-18, with 44 abstentions and 16 countries not
voting.
India had maintained that the report should have
addressed its recommendations solely to the Human Rights
Council in Geneva and not to other UN institutions, including
the Security Council.
The main recommendation of the report is for the Security
Council to require Israel and Palestinian authority to report
within six months on domestic prosecutions it carries.
If the two governments fail in this task, the UNSC should
refer the matter to the prosecutor of International Criminal
Court (ICC), says the report. (More) PTI BS
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