UN rights body defers vote on Gaza war crime report
The United Nations put off taking action on Friday on a UN report that accuses both Israel and by Palestinian militants of war crimes in Gaza, after US pressure aimed at getting the peace process back on track.
The move is an early concrete result of the Obama administration's engagement in the Human Rights Council, which Washington joined in June. The Council had been due to vote on Friday on a resolution that would have condemned Israel's failure to cooperate with a UN war crimes investigation led by Richard Goldstone, and forwarded his report to the Security Council. (Reuters)
