United Nations: Rights Panel Votes for Inquiry in Gaza Conflict, US sole 'NO' voter

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Twenty-nine of the council’s 47 members voted for a resolution calling for the creation of a commission of inquiry to look at “all violations” of international law, with only the United States voting against and with 17 states abstaining, 10 of them European.

Via Twitter, By Jon Williams, ABC Foreign Editor

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By Marina Koren | July 23, 2014

GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Council voted Wednesday to establish an inquiry to investigate possible war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

Of the 47 participating countries on the council, 29 voted for opening an investigation, 17 abstained, and one voted against.

Countries that voted in the affirmative are, in alphabetical order: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, the Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

Countries that abstained are Austria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Gabon, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, South Korea, Romania, the Republic of Macedonia, and the United Kingdom.

The sole dissenting vote came from the United States, Israel's most vocal supporter.

The U.N.'s top human-rights official, Navi Pillay, said Wednesday before the vote that there was a "strong possibility" of war crimes committed by both sides in Gaza. In the last two weeks of fighting, during Israel's latest military offensive in the region, more than 600 Palestinians and dozens of Israeli soldiers have been killed.

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