Op ieder niveau en op iedere plaats in de VN wordt Israel tegengewerkt door de Arabische en islamitische landen. Gelukkig heeft dat niet altijd het beoogde effect.
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The Arab attack on Israel at the UN is relentless. An appointment like the one below would be routine for just about any other country - even Sudan or Libya. Not Israel! So we have something tiny to celebrate. Israel has to be a member of the "Western European and others" group, because the Arabs will not even allow Israel to be a member of the Asia group. We do not exist. From Israeli envoy gets UN post despite Arab opposition":
Israel's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Carmon, was elected chairman of the UN Commission on Population and Development Friday despite strong opposition from Arab states.
Carmon was elected by a total of 28 votes in favor and nine votes against. He was the candidate for the Western European and others group, of which Israel is an affiliate member.
Carmon told Haaretz on Friday that "Israel has proved once again to the international community that it has something to offer and contribute on social issues in which it specializes."
The committee, a part of the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is composed of 47 member states and convenes once a year. The new role means Carmon will have influence on social issues discussed at the UN, such as family planning.
Arab envoys were made aware several days earlier of the European bloc's intention to put forward Carmon as their candidate, leading led to intensive efforts on their part to foil the bid.
The Arab envoys sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in which they wrote of their objection to the representative of an "occupying state" being elected as the head of an important UN body.
Heads of UN committees are usually elected unanimously, although this time that was made impossible because of the Arab opposition.
The Syrian, Iranian, Lebanese and Qatari envoys delivered strongly-worded speeches against Carmon before the vote, leading Western diplomats to express their disappointment at the fact that a professional voting process had been turned into a political debate.
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