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Israel Demands Withdrawal of UN Food Report


(AP/Washington Post) - Israel on Thursday demanded the withdrawal of a UN report on the food situation in the Palestinian territories, claiming the author is politically biased. Yaakov Levy, Israel's ambassador in Geneva, wrote to the chairwoman of the UN Human Rights Commission demanding that Jean Ziegler's report be "deemed unfit for presentation." Ziegler is a member of the board of directors of the Tel-Aviv based Alternative Information Center, "a politically biased non-governmental organization," said Levy. Ziegler, a Swiss sociology professor, is the UN's independent expert on the right to food.
2003-10-10 00:00:00
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