I’m 100% positive the UNHRC would love to comply if they didn’t have to worry about Congress cutting off their funding (which Obama reinstated upon taking office).
(CNS News) – As Iran’s foreign minister asked the U.N. Human Rights Council to condemn the burning of Qur’ans at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, his Qatari counterpart breathed new life into the Islamic bloc’s supposedly suspended “religious defamation” drive, calling for “bold steps aimed a banning religious hatred.”
The two appeals came as the HRC opened its month-long spring session in Geneva this week.
Deadly violence erupted last Tuesday after news broke that troops at Bagram had burned copies of the Qur’an – unintentionally, according to the Pentagon. Military sources said the texts had been used to carry extremist messages between militant detainees held at the base.
Addressing the HRC on Monday, Iranian foreign minister Ali-Akbar Salehi called the Qur’an-burning a “deplorable act of incitement” and “a gross violation of human rights, hurting sentiments of Muslims worldwide.” The council should take “swift and decisive” action to condemn it, he said.
As was the case in earlier condemnations by both the Iranian and Pakistani governments, Salehi’s statement made no mention of the bloodshed and contained no appeal for restraint.