Foreign Minister calls on UN Security Council to take stronger action against Israel

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dunya Maumoon has urged the United Nations Security Council to take urgent and stronger action against Israel.

This came in a statement issued by the Foreign Minister on Thursday, 24 July 2014, condemning the Israeli bombing of a UN shelter in Beit Hanoun in Palestine which killed nearly 30 Palestinians, including infants.

“It is a cowardly and shameful act on the part of Israel to target a UN shelter whose exact coordinates were given to the Israeli military by the UN. It again underscores the need for the UN Security Council to take urgent and stronger actions against Israel. The international community has a duty to put pressure on Israel to stop the killing and to end the crippling blockade of Gaza,” read the statement.

On Wednesday, the UN Human Rights Council passed a Resolution co-sponsored by the Maldives, following which the council has decided to set up an International Commission of Inquiry to investigate the atrocities committed by Israel in the current conflict.

The number of Palestinian deaths since Israel launched its offensive on Palestine on 8 July has now reached 807, including 119 deaths yesterday alone.

Earlier today, the Maldivian government also enforced a new policy to prohibit the import of products made in Israel into the country.