Palestinian committees OK’d at U.N.

December 1, 2005
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Original Source: http://www.jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=254&ref=daily_briefing

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The U.N. General Assembly passed a series of resolutions widely seen as anti-Israel. 
The body passed its annual resolutions Thursday extending the mandates of the so-called Palestinian committees, which support the Palestinian agenda at the United Nations. 
The assembly also again passed resolutions on Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the “peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine.” On Wednesday, a senior American adviser at the U.N. General Assembly called for the elimination of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division of Palestinian Rights within the Secretariat, which, along with the Special Information Program on the Question of Palestine, had their mandates approved in Thursday’s vote. 
“Endorsing resolutions that condemn Israeli actions but that fail to address Palestinian actions or inactions have real consequences,” Robert O’Brien, senior U.S. adviser to the 60th session of the General Assembly, said in advance of the vote. “One-sided resolutions such as these before us today undermine the ability of the United Nations to play a constructive role in furthering peace.” 
Israel, its supporters and Jewish leaders have also called for the committees to be abolished.