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U.S.: Human Rights Council Decision Does Not Contribute to Peace
(U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva) The U.S. Mission to the UN in Geneva said Thursday: "The United States deeply regrets today's decision by the Human Rights Council to establish an open-ended Commission of Inquiry into the recent violence between Israel and the Palestinians....It is deeply unfortunate that...some members of the Human Rights Council have chosen to engage in a distraction that adds nothing to ongoing diplomatic and humanitarian efforts." "We all should be working to find real solutions to help the Palestinian people and ensuring that terrorist organizations, including Hamas, do not exploit the situation on the ground, including by indiscriminate firing of rockets, to further their own destructive aims. The actions of the Human Rights Council today do not contribute to peace."