Note
Under pressure from the European Union to add more "balanced" language on Israel to the draft statement of the President of the Human Rights Council, the President included a paragraph urging all sides to refrain from violence against civilians. Still no mention of Hamas, Hezbollah, Iranian paymasters, Syrian support, or their Israeli victims. Still no acknowledgement as to who started the war with Lebanon. Still no mention of the Jewish victims of the recent war. The statement did not find consensus and when time ran out had not been adopted by the Human Rights Council. One of the main stumbling blocks was that the Asian regional group was still not satisfied with the text.