The United Nations Human Rights Council

I thought that the composition of the United Nations Human Right Council, the body that has once again criticised Israel, might be of interest. In the vote twenty-five countries voted for the resolution, six voted against, eleven countries abstained and five others, including the UK and France, chose not to vote. I wonder if we can work out who voted (or not) and in which way?

AFRICAN STATES
Angola
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Djibouti
Egypt
Gabon
Ghana
Madagascar
Mauritius
Nigeria
Senegal
South Africa
Zambia

LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STATES
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Cuba
Mexico
Nicaragua
Uruguay

ASIAN STATES
Bahrain
Bangladesh
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Saudi Arabia

WESTERN EUROPE & OTHER STATES
Belgium
France
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
United Kingdom
United States

EASTERN EUROPEAN STATES
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hungary
Russian Federation
Slovakia
Slovenia
Ukraine


An interesting mix of free and democratic countries all of which have impeccable human rights records and so should be free to pass judgement on Israel, I am sure you agree.



Incidentally can anyone confirm that Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has expressed regret for what she called the council's practice of "adopting resolutions guided not by human rights but by politics."