UN rights council approves resolution on religious hatred after Qur’an burning.
The United Nations Human Rights Council held an urgent meeting on the burning of a Quran outside a mosque in Sweden.The debate was held after Pakistan submitted an official request on behalf of member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), including those who are members of the UN Human Rights Council. All Muslim countries were concerned because Sweden was unable to prevent provocations.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said, “We must see this clearly for what it is: incitement to religious hatred, discrimination and attempts to provoke violence.” He further said such acts occurred under “government sanction and with the sense of impunity”.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has approved a resolution on religious hatred and bigotry in the wake of a Quran-burning incident happened outside a stockholm’s mosque last month that led to a great outrage in the whole Muslim World.
The resolution called on countries to review their laws and take steps to plug such gaps that impede the prevention and prosecution of acts and advocacy of religious hatred.
Some EU member states as well as the US and the UK announced that they would vote against a draft resolution on religious hatred following the Quran burnings.
Here is how countries voted:
Yes:
Algeria; Argentina; Bangladesh; Bolivia; Cameroon; China; Cuba; Eritrea; Gabon; Gambia; India; Ivory Coast; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Morocco; Pakistan; Qatar; Senegal; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Ukraine; UAE; Uzbekistan; Vietnam
No:
Belgium; Costa Rica; Czech Republic; Finland; France; Germany; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Montenegro; Romania; UK; US
Abstained:
Benin; Chile; Georgia; Honduras; Mexico; Nepal; Paraguay
United Nations Human Rights Council’s meeting on burning of Quran can be seen here in this short clip
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