UN’s Human Rights Committee voted to Condemn Syria’s Crackdown on Dissent

Nov 25, 2011, 15:57 IST

International Current Affairs 2011. The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee on 22 November 2011 voted to strongly condemn Syria's crackdown on dissent

The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee on 22 November 2011 voted to strongly condemn Syria's crackdown on dissent. 122 countries voted for a resolution and only 13 countries voted against and 41 abstained. Arab states that voted for it included Kuwait, Morocco, Bahrain, Jordan,Qatar and Saudi Arabia as well as Egypt.

A previous attempt to pass a resolution in the Security Council was vetoed by Russia and China. The twonations abstained in the latest vote.
The resolution strongly condemned the continued human rights violations by Syria.

Amnesty International welcomed the U.N. committee vote.

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