October 27, 2022

United Kingdom 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

"The UK regrets the establishment of a further Commission of Inquiry in May 2021 with an overly expansive mandate and cannot support an investigation that furthered the Council’s disproportionate focus on Israel by failing to conclude a time limit in that mandate. The UK remains committed to improving the human rights situation, and we support justified and proportionate scrutiny of the situation in Israel and the oPts at the HRC. We also have firm support of the HRC and believe strongly in its mandate. However, this Commission of Inquiry does not further these goals. We firmly believe a just and lasting resolution that ends the occupation and delivers peace for both Israelis and Palestinians is long overdue."