Azerbaijan backs UN Human Rights Council resolution condemning Israeli attacks on Lebanon

It has voted to send a team to Lebanon to investigate alleged abuses by Israel. The council approved the resolution, proposed by a group of states led by Islamic countries, by 27 votes to 11, APA reports.

It called on Israel to "immediately stop military operations against civilian population and civilian objects resulting in death and destruction" and for the urgent dispatch of "a high level commission of inquiry." The resolution strongly condemns grave Israeli violations of human rights and breaches of international humanitarian law in Lebanon.

The commission of inquiry will draw up a report by 1 September, this year. The council called for the world community to render urgent humanitarian and financial aids to the Lebanese government.

Azerbaijan also voted for the resolution. Those voting for included China, Russia, India, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Zambia and South Africa, as well as members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.

European Union countries, alongside Japan and Canada, voted against, calling it one-sided and divisive.