DFM Hotovely calls UNSG Guterres to withdraw ESCWA report 15 June 2017
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DFM Hotovely calls UNSG Guterres to withdraw ESCWA report

  • 6/15/2017
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    DFM Hotovely: As long as the industry of untruthful reports continues at the UN and elements with political interests prepare papers under the guise of professional reports, the UN cannot be an honest player and will continue to be severely criticized.
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    Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely Copyright: MFA
     
     
    ​(Communicated by the Deputy Foreign Minister's Media Advisor)

    Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Hotovely called UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to withdraw the new ESCWA report on IDF which "is based on lies and it is all calumny and defamation of Israel."
     
    Following a report published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), accusing the IDF of torturing Palestinian children, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hotovely said: "The IDF protects children while Hamas uses children as human shields. We are facing a cruel enemy that systematically violates human rights. Instead of writing reports on Hamas' violations, ESCWA strikes at a country that operates according to moral values and protects human rights in the entire region."
     
    "As long as the industry of untruthful reports continues at the UN, and elements with political interests prepare papers under the guise of professional reports, the UN cannot be an honest player and will continue to be severely criticized," she concluded.