[U.N.] decisions often criticize Israel for its “occupation of Palestinian land and its oppression of Palestinians.” A number of observers have described this criticism as excessive. For example, according to the UN Association of the UK, General Assembly resolutions in the period 1990–2003 show bias against Israel, condemnation of violence against Palestinians, but only occasional discussion of violence against Israelis.
In addition, the UNHRC was criticized in 2007 for failing to condemn other alleged human rights abusers besides Israel. an interview on 16 December 2016, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, said that the UN has issued a “disproportionate volume of resolutions, reports and conferences criticizing Israel.”>
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Quote: “There has never been a single [U.N.] resolution about the decades-long repression of the civil and political rights of 1.3 billion people in China, or the more than a million female migrant workers in Saudi Arabia being kept as virtual slaves, or the virulent racism which has brought 600,000 people to the brink of starvation in Zimbabwe.
“Every year, UN bodies are required to produce at least 25 reports on alleged human rights violations by Israel, but not one on an Iranian criminal justice system which mandates punishments like crucifixion, stoning, and cross-amputation. This is not legitimate critique of states with equal or worse human rights records. It is demonization of the Jewish state.”
— Lawyer, scholar, and activist Anne Bayefsky speaking at the 2003 UN conference on antisemitism
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