October 27, 2022

Marshall Islands Remarks at a Third Committee Interactive Dialogue with the Chair of the Anti-Israel “Commission of Inquiry”, UN WebTV

https://media.un.org/index.php/en/asset/k1u/k1ukq81w1h

"I’ll be making this intervention on behalf of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Nauru, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. We wish to call attention to concerns raised in the earlier HRC cross-regional’s group statement of the 22 countries in which our nation participated regarding the open-ended Commission of Inquiry. We again reaffirm that no one is above scrutiny and it is the Council’s responsibility to protect human rights the world over. We believe the nature of COI is further demonstration of long-standing disproportionate attention given to Israel in the Council, and this must stop. We continue to believe that the Council should address all human rights concerns regardless of country in an even-handed manner. Regrettably, we are concerned that the COI will further contribute to the polarization of a situation about which so many of us are concerned. We draw attention to the comments of the COI member on 27 June-"